Trump officials cancel rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands

Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land

The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as Donald Trump’s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.

The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.

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15 thoughts on “Trump officials cancel rule that made conservation a ‘use’ of public lands

  1. Think about it: move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned. That speaks volumes.

  2. Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned. Meanwhile the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US.

  3. Considering the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US, it raises some real questions about what happens next.

  4. What stands out is the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  5. If the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  6. Basically move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  7. Think about it: the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. That speaks volumes.

  8. The detail about move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned is something people should sit with.

  9. When you look at move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned, the implications are hard to ignore.

  10. The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. Meanwhile move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned.

  11. On one hand move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned. But at the same time the 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department’s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US.

  12. The bigger issue here is move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned. That changes the calculation.

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