Tag: public lands
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Obama Administration Energy Blueprint: Paying Companies to Drill
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — A new energy plan is needed, but the focus should be on efficiency and renewables so we can have a clean energy future, with clean air and clean water. America doesn’t want the oil and gas industry’s dirty …
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Millions of Acres of Land—Larger Than California and Florida Combined—Already Leased to Oil and Gas Industry
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL — Since it has been reported that more than ninety percent of oil and gas wells are fracked, there is a lot of new fracking slated for our future—tens of millions of acres of new fracking. Clean air, clean water, healthy communities, wildlands and wildlife habitat are …
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FRACKING PUBLIC LANDS: Is the BLM Bowing to Industry Pressure on New Fracking Rules?
NATURAL RESOURCE DEFENSE COUNCIL — Last year the BLM issued a draft rule for hydraulic fracturing under federal leases. The original proposal included limited new rules for chemical disclosure, mechanical integrity and waste water handling …
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Solar Power Coming To Arizona State Lands
Arizona Public Service will be constructing a new solar plant on Arizona State Trust Lands outside of Yuma, the first project of its type in the state.