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Biden Administration to Reverse Trump-Era Policy for Wider Oil Development in Alaska

Biden Administration to Reverse Trump-Era Policy for Wider Oil Development in Alaska

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced that it will pursue the reversal of a Trump-era plan that would leave more than 82 percent of Alaska’s 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve (NPR-A) vulnerable to new oil drilling, The Hill reported. The BLM will instead seek to follow an Obama administration plan that allows 52 percent of the reserve to be made available for drilling.

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    Huge Win in Senate: Oil and Gas Industry’s Attempt to Gut Methane Rules Fails

    Huge Win in Senate: Oil and Gas Industry’s Attempt to Gut Methane Rules Fails

    In a win Wednesday for oil and gas-patch communities and taxpayers, a procedural vote failed in the Senate, preventing a Congressional Review Act resolution from nullifying the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Methane Waste Rule. The vote to proceed to debate on the resolution failed, 49–51. This rule is a common sense standard to limit […]

    BLM Changes Website Banner From Green Mountains to Big Hunk of Coal

    BLM Changes Website Banner From Green Mountains to Big Hunk of Coal

    This week, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which operates more than 200 million acres of public land, made a statement by changing the banner image on their website from a vast mountain range to a massive coal seam in Wyoming—staking an obvious claim in the Trump administration‘s campaign to bring coal and other industry […]

    15 Lawmakers Plotting to Privatize America’s Public Lands

    15 Lawmakers Plotting to Privatize America’s Public Lands

    The U.S. holds more than 600 million acres of stunning public lands in trust for the American public. These beloved places, ranging from the granite spires of the Black Hills National Forest to the mystical Mojave National Preserve, are home to diverse native wildlife, inspire wonder in people from around the world who visit them […]

    Trump Administration to Kill Fracking Rule on Public Lands

    Trump Administration to Kill Fracking Rule on Public Lands

    The Trump administration intends to scrap and rewrite an Obama-era rule designed to make fracking on federal lands safer. Drilling has taken place on federal lands for years, with more than 100,000 wells in existence. In 2015, the Interior Dept. issued new standards aimed at making the process safer, including stricter and higher design standards […]

    Chevron Pipeline Spills 4,800 Gallons of Oil on Public Land, Kills Wildlife

    Chevron Pipeline Spills 4,800 Gallons of Oil on Public Land, Kills Wildlife

    Cleanup efforts are underway after a failed Chevron Corporation pipeline released about 4,800 gallons of oil into an intermittent stream on public land in northwestern Colorado and killed some wildlife. The breach happened on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land and was first detected on March 5 by a Chevron consultant. The pipeline was shut […]

    700+ Acres of Ohio’s Only National Forest Leased for Fracking

    700+ Acres of Ohio’s Only National Forest Leased for Fracking

    Despite heavy opposition from public health and environmental groups, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has leased 759 acres of Ohio’s only national forest for fracking. According to the Associated Press, oil and gas companies from Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Colorado and Oklahoma forked over $1.7 million for the right to explore parts of […]