The Public Lands Rule: Can conservation leasing mitigate impacts from energy and mining?

It seems sensible to let conservationists compete with extractive industries to lease and restore public lands. But the Interior Department's Public Lands Rule could not block an oil and gas lease on public lands and may benefit energy and mining interests in some ways.

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