In 2016, the Bureau of Land Management, working with numerous conservation and recreation organizations, finalized the Desert Renewable Conservation Plan, an eight-year plan that set aside millions of acres for conservation and recreation, as well as for renewable energy. Managing editor Tami Roleff says the Trump administration released amendments Wednesday that will increase the land available for energy and reduce the acreage available for conservation and recreation…
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In the last week of the Trump administration, the Bureau of Land Management is proposing big changes to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. The BLM is now proposing to allow activities like energy development, mining and grazing on more than one million additional acres. Jeff Aardahl with the group Defenders of Wildlife says the habitat protections in the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan are crucial to stopping the desert tortoise’s slide toward extincti
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Trump auctions Arctic refuge to oil companies in last bid against the environment
It s a slap in the face to everyone looking towards a sustainable future.
In one of its last strikes against the environment before leaving office, the Donald Trump administration auctioned yesterday oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The move comes after decades-long push by some Republicans to drill in one of the United States’ most vast unspoiled wild places.
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Still, the auction had a bitter-sweet result for the Trump administration. Most oil companies didn’t even try to buy the leases amid low oil prices and pressure from environmental groups, leaving the state agency Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority as the main bidder alongside two smaller energy firms.
The Trump administration’s unprecedented auction of Arctic drilling rights Wednesday netted just $14.4 million from three bidders, with major oil companies steering clear of the sale.