May 15, 2017 Antiquities Act abuses have put vital resources off limits to American West That means virtually every revenue-producing, recreational and other activity is regulated, restricted, prohibited or under attack in courts and other venues. No timber cutting…
May 4, 2017 EPA creates illegal Superfund site to hide liability in Gold King Mine spill Shortly after the EPA triggered the release, to obscure and limit its own liability, the EPA created the Bonita Peak Mining District—around the Gold…
April 24, 2017 Resource ‘conservation’ is achieved through resource consumption “If we slow down our progress, including the generation of new ideas, by using less energy or less of any other resources, we deserve…
April 18, 2017 KNRC: Empowering counties to take on ‘conservation easement’ land grabs Typical CE transactions result in a 30% to 100% assessed devaluation, a decrease not confined only to CE-burdened lands: the devaluations can spill to…
April 4, 2017 Trump’s DOI Secretary ends coal moratorium, opens way for oil and gas renaissance “Secretarial Order 3348 overturns the 2016 moratorium on all new coal leases on federal land and ends the programmatic environmental impacts statement that was…
April 2, 2017 Fossil Fuels Ascending: BLM Acting Director puts renewables on back burner President Trump this week ordered BLM to “expeditiously” rescind its hydraulic fracturing regulations and review its methane venting and flaring rule. Zinke also ended…
March 30, 2017 Kansas Natural Resources Coalition: Property rights powerhouse from the Heartland Although KNRC’s roots are in Kansas–the middle of America both literally and figuratively–they hope to have impact far beyond the geographical Heartland. Having recently expanded their…
March 28, 2017 Dependence on foreign minerals can be addressed with faster permitting, fewer regulations To address supply chain vulnerability and import dependence, President Trump and Congress should examine ways to speed up permitting of new U.S. mines and…
March 24, 2017 Due to enviro regs, California farmers get only 65% of water allocations despite record wet year And while you ponder that question perhaps you can also take a guess as to who didn’t have to take a haircut on their water allocations…
March 18, 2017 Federal withdrawal of resource-rich lands threatens Minnesota jobs, way of life “This politically motivated decision, coming in the final days of the administration of President Barack Obama, is inconsistent with current national policy. It could…
