October 6, 2017 BLM reverses Obama-era mineral leasing ban on 10 million acres in West “The proposal to withdraw 10 million acres to prevent (only) 10,000 from potential mineral development was a complete overreach.” ~Acting BLM Director, Mike Nedd…
September 19, 2017 Forest Service supports minerals exploration northeast of Mount St. Helens The Forest Service mission is to “sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the Nation’s forests … to meet the needs of present and…
September 15, 2017 New Mexico county suffers while BLM stalls drilling permits The BLM had 2,802 such applications pending as of Jan. 31, 152 in the Farmington office. Each applicant paid a nonrefundable $9,610 processing fee…
September 13, 2017 PA miners furloughed after state environmental regulators stall permit The mining company was in the process of modifying its permit after state regulators invalidated some of its stream restoration procedures. A state environmental…
September 8, 2017 House Resources Committee hears bills furthering state control of energy development The states examined in this study earn an average of $14.51 for every dollar spent on state trust land management. The U.S. Forest Service…
September 4, 2017 Zinke forms Royalty Policy Committee to steer energy development on federal lands …the RPC is comprised of tribal leaders, representatives from the energy industry, experts in engineering and energy extraction, elected and appointed leaders from energy-rich…
August 30, 2017 Radical greens’ DAPL assaults meet terrorist criteria under Patriot Act “..perpetrating acts of terrorism under the U.S. Patriot Act, including destruction of an energy facility, destruction of hazardous liquid pipeline facility, arson and bombing…
August 26, 2017 Mesa County Colorado throws support behind long-delayed fracking project Inevitably, there will be environmentalist groups opposed to this–and virtually all–hydraulic fracturing projects. But the philosophical change within the Interior Department regarding domestic energy…
August 14, 2017 Obama’s EPA diverted $1.55 billion to ‘green energy’ using dubious settlements [paypal_donation_button] While the EPA has established a number of safeguards to ensure against impermissible usurpation of Congress’ appropriations power, these safeguards have failed to…
August 9, 2017 Western leaders applaud Interior’s rollback of Obama-era methane rule [paypal_donation_button] “[T]he BLM believes that the 2015 final rule unnecessarily burdens industry with compliance costs and information requirements that are duplicative of regulatory programs…
