Tag: public lands
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Report Confirms Coal Companies Receive Massive U.S. Taxpayer Subsidies for Mining on Public Lands
Yesterday, the Department of Interior’s Office (DOI) of the Inspector General released a report confirming U.S. coal companies receive massive subsidies from U.S. taxpayers for mining leases on public lands. The Inspector General’s findings come on the heels
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Public Lands: Drilling Takes Precedence Over Conservation
Under President Obama, the pace of drilling on public lands is double that of protecting public lands. The current U.S. Congress is the first since World War II to fail to designate a single new acre of protected land. The integrity of natural lands in the U.S. are in jeopardy. Severe droughts, raging wildfires and…
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Michigan’s Common Ground Against Fracking
Maryann Lesert In May of 2012, when more than 108,000 acres of Michigan’s state land went up for bid, including unprecedented offerings of state game and recreation areas for oil and gas leasing, members of the public crowded into a 60-seat room (and lined the hallway outside) as 15 protestors rose from the public seats…
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BLM Holds Colorado Coal Auction, Turns Back on Climate
In his State of the Union address, President Obama promised that he would “respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” Today, the Bureau of Land Management is set to break that promise by selling 21 million tons of coal …
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Nevada Fracking Bill Disregards Environmental and Human Health
The controversial technique—currently unregulated and unmonitored by state officials—is being proposed for use on more than 350,000 acres of public lands overseen by the Bureau of Land Management in central Nevada.