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With comment period over, Interior mulls 5-year lease plan
Tensions are rising as the federal government considers revising the current five-year offshore drilling lease plan, with opponents vowing to put up a fight.
Nathanial Gronewold
Houston Bureau Chief
Nate joined E&E in 2008, establishing the New York bureau, then later EnergyWire's Houston office. He covered Northeastern environmental issues, carbon markets, renewable energy and international environmental treaties from the United Nations. He has also reported from Haiti, Kenya, Pakistan and Colombia. Currently, he covers oil and gas with an emphasis on offshore drilling for EnergyWire. He is two-time recipient of the U.N. Correspondents Association Gold Prize and honorable mention from the National Press Club. He previously worked for Nikkei. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota and holds a master's degree from the University of British Columbia.
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