US EditionInterior Proposing Repeal of Public Lands Rule
The Interior's proposal aims to prioritize resource extraction on over 8 million acres of public lands, reversing a 2024 rule supported by 92% of public comments for balanced conservation.
- The Department of the Interior is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, claiming it hinders extractive industries on public lands, according to Doug Burgum.
- An analysis found that over 90% of more than 150,000 public comments during the rulemaking process supported the rule, as stated by the Center for Western Priorities.
- Critics view the proposal as a rejection of climate change reality and an undermining of public lands management, according to the Wilderness Society.
- Opponents argue that the repeal benefits the oil industry, as it aligns with the interests of groups like the Independent Petroleum Association of America who opposed the rule.
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Department of Interior moves to kill Biden-era conservation rule for Bureau of Land Management
The U.S. Department of the Interior is looking to overturn the Bureau of Land Management’s Public Lands Rule in a move that has environmental groups decrying it as a way to favor extractive industries. The rule was implemented under the Biden administration in 2024 and recognized conservation as an essential component of the Bureau’s public lands management, placing it on equal footing with other uses such as grazing, energy and recreation. …
Utah News Dispatch
Feds propose rescinding public lands rule, which made conservation an official ‘use’ of BLM land
Signage welcomes visitors to Bureau of Land Management land near Cedar City on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)The federal government on Wednesday proposed rescinding a Bureau of Land Management rule that allows the department to consider conservation as part of its multi-pronged approach to federal land management. The change comes as the Trump administration continues pushing for increased resource utilizat…
Watchdog: Trump Interior Department Moves To Scrap Key Public Lands Protection In Latest Giveaway to Trump’s Big Oil Donors
This week, Trump Interior Secretary and oil industry darling Doug Burgum delivered another gift to President Trump’s big oil and gas industry donors by beginning to undo a key Biden-era public lands protection policy that put conservation on equal footing to extractive uses on Bureau of Land Management Lands. “Trump Interior Secretary and noted oil industry sellout Doug Burgum is letting the Bureau of Land Management off the hook from having to …
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