WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate and Natural Resources Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) Acting Comptroller General Orice Williams Brown calling for an investigation into the Department of the Interior's (DOI) wind leasing and permitting practices, which have stalled wind energy projects since January 2025.
In the letter, Heinrich requests the GAO review DOI's and other federal agencies' wind leasing and permitting practices since January 2025.
"Since January 2025, wind energy projects have been stalled-in part due to a requirement to have Secretary Burgum's review and app...