New from me: The Biden administration is getting ready to offer hundreds of thousands of acres of public land to oil and gas companies — an order of magnitude more than the law requires.

It's not too late to change course.

https://medium.com/westwise/the-u-s-is-getting-ready-to-unnecessarily-lease-hundreds-of-thousands-of-acres-of-public-land-d16714e4c3f0

#oilandgas #bureauoflandmanagement #blmbutnotthatblm #interiordepartment

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/01/31/new-u-s-house-natural-resources-chair-opposes-limits-on-fossil-fuel-development/ #GOPcorruption #EnvironmentalPolicy #CorporatePolluters The incoming chairman of the U.S. House #NaturalResources Committee wants to allow more mining & believes technology — not limitations on #FossilFuel production — is the best way to address #ClimateChange
House Republicans selected Arkansas’ Bruce Westerman to lead the panel that oversees the U.S. #InteriorDepartment & the U.S. #ForestService and has a major role in shaping federal energy and environmental policy.

Via #AdamGoldstein in our DC bureau: U.S. #InteriorDepartment ends threat of federal mine leasing on public lands in Minnesota #BoundaryWaters.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2023/01/27/public-lands-near-minnesotas-boundary-waters-withdrawn-from-federal-mining-leases/