October 18, 2017 ‘Equal Access to Justice’ abuses impede responsible forest management The act was passed in 1980 to help veterans with disabilities pursue claims against the federal government. Today it has been expanded, largely by…
October 17, 2017 EPA chief issues new directive to end abusive ‘sue and settle’ deals The EPA’s practice of handling lawsuits by using ‘consent decrees’ and ‘settlement agreements’ has violated norms of transparency and given outside groups–some of which…
October 16, 2017 Utah wildfires reignite debate over constitutional state control of public lands State-held lands tend to be managed more for resource extraction and economic development than federal lands, for historical, legal, and political reasons, says Eric…
October 16, 2017 Minnesota enviros’ anti-mining agenda opens rift in labor party Within Chairman Martin’s Democrat Farmer-Labor Party, though, there is room for the environmentalists to consistently criticize miners, pipefitters and other unionists. Within Chairman Martin’s DFL, there’s…
October 15, 2017 Western leaders assert state control over energy permitting in new bill “The states have developed extensive regulatory frameworks for permitting oil and gas development on state lands,” Gosar said. Energy-rich states not only do the…
October 14, 2017 Zinke aims to purge perverts from National Park Service Male Parks employees withheld food, groped and took photos under the dresses of female employees who refused sexual solicitations, the IG found. Those incidents…
October 13, 2017 Can wild horses help solve the West’s wildfire scourge? “This plan posits the redisposition of approximately 50,000 wild horses held in BLM and USFS corrals in and around selected wilderness forest areas via…
October 12, 2017 Lawmakers from federally-oppressed West behind Antiquities Act reform bills With the political clout of globalist corporations and radical green groups behind such abusive land grab proposals, recent administrations–Clinton and Obama in particular–have used…
October 12, 2017 Without reforms, Antiquities Act poses a threat to constitutional government Any honest reading reveals that it was created to protect “landmarks,” “structures,” and “objects” – not vast swaths of land. Compare the language of…
October 11, 2017 Federal court rebukes enviro claim that grazing harms bull trout Declining populations of threatened bull trout along two rivers in Oregon’s Malheur National Forest were not caused by grazing authorizations, a federal judge has…
