December 5, 2016 Trump EPA plans leave top bureaucrat ‘anxious’ about transition Trump targeted EPA for criticism on the campaign trail, pledging to roll its authority back to the states, and has questioned the science behind…
December 5, 2016 16 Common-sense steps to revitalize America’s energy industry The real energy success story of the past decade has been the hydraulic fracturing revolution. Since 2007, electricity generation from natural gas alone has…
December 5, 2016 Americans reject radical Obama ‘environmental’ agenda, want it rolled back Federal land, resource and environmental agencies have unleashed tsunamis of regulations in recent years, and President Obama is poised to issue many more before…
December 4, 2016 U.S. Forest Service rampant with sexual harassment, civil rights abuses A longtime employee at California’s Eldorado National Forest said Thursday that the Forest Service “is rigged against women for reporting sexual harassment or assault,”…
December 3, 2016 Exclusionary BLM planning rule in crosshairs of rural, western interests Lane believes the emphasis on the environment would come at the expense of BLM’s current mandate to manage for “multiple use and sustained yield.” …
December 3, 2016 Conservation or a Trojan Horse putting more private lands into federal control? Many Western farmers and ranchers have become hooked on the CRP and if environmentalists have their way the program may soon have permanent restrictions…
December 2, 2016 National monuments should not be one-man shows, must include local input Pearce points out “the Antiquities Act requires that a president designate the smallest possible footprint in order to achieve the desired environmental preservation” and…
December 2, 2016 OPINION: Trade reforms promise big benefits for Utah ranchers, farmers Establishing strong, enforceable rules of trade to protect American exporters from politically motivated, un-scientific trade barriers will ensure that Utah’s agricultural and food companies…
December 1, 2016 BLM rams through Planning 2.0 rule favoring special interests over local needs “First, they take our property rights. Now, they are taking away our local control and voice in BLM planning processes. The decisions will be…
December 1, 2016 Montana, Wyoming take BLM to court over dubious methane rule “Even if BLM had the authority to adopt this rule, it would have negligible environmental benefit, as it does little more than duplicate existing…
