Federal lands

Pete Buttigieg Unveils Plan For Protecting America's Public Lands

The proposal sets a goal of protecting 30% of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 and calls for banning new fossil fuel leases on the federal estate.
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Interior Department (Again) Hosts People Who Want To Sell Off Public Land

For an administration that says it opposes pawning off federal lands, it sure is cozy with pro-land-transfer zealots.
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6 Times Trump Ramped Up His Assault On The Environment Since 2020's Start

But count on the president to greenwash his rapidly worsening record in tonight's State of the Union address.
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Trump’s Public Lands Chief Wrote For A Cult Extremist’s Magazine

William Perry Pendley authored anti-environmental screeds for Lyndon LaRouche. Now he controls 10% of the U.S. landmass.
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Trump Admin Leading ‘Brazen’ Public Land Liquidation In Alaska, Analysis Finds

A Center for American Progress review shows nearly 30 million acres of federal land in the state are at risk of being developed or transferred.
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Backdoor Appointment At Interior Adds To Fears Of A Public Land Sell-off

The new acting director of the Bureau of Land Management appears to be another "fox guarding the henhouse" appointment in the Trump administration.
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Interior Chief On Soaring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide: 'I Haven’t Lost Any Sleep’

David Bernhardt oversees some 500 million acres of federal land -- one-fifth of the United States.
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‘Part Of The Climate Solution’: Elizabeth Warren Lays Out Vision For Public Lands

The proposal includes a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters.
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Oil Execs Chortle Over 'Unprecedented' Access To Trump Officials In Secret Recording

One speaker in the 2017 tape boasts of a petroleum group's links to David Bernhardt, who is now the acting Interior chief.
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Acting Interior Chief To Sign Orders On Public Access, Big Game Habitat

Critics saw the announcement as an attempt to greenwash his anti-conservation record.
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