( October 7, 2025, 4:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two agencies that are departments of the U.S. Department of the Interior have posted contingency plans on the DOI website indicating that during the shutdown of the federal government, permitting activities for hydraulic fracturing and other energy related operations on federal land will continue. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) plan says that it is doing so “in order to protect human life and federal property and address the National Energy Emergency.” A separate plan was issued by the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)....