…John Leshy, a #PublicLands expert who served in the #Interior Dept during the Carter & Clinton admins noted that the state was the only leaseholder left in the #refuge. The #Biden admin could have standing to cancel those leases if it found that #environmental reviews & other compliance measures on the leases had been inadequate.
(Under Trump? Ya think? His EPA at the time was run by Scott Pruitt, a #ClimateChange denier!)
#WildlifeProtection #LandConservation #ProtectTheArctic #ClimateCrisis
#publiclands #interior #refuge #biden #environmental #climatechange #wildlifeprotection #landconservation #protectthearctic #climatecrisis
One lease sale was held, but most #oil companies stayed on the sidelines. The sale attracted only three bidders, including the state.
President #Biden, on his first day in office, signed an executive order halting #Arctic #drilling & later suspended the leases granted under the #Trump admin.
#WildlifeProtection #LandConservation #ProtectTheArctic #ClimateCrisis
#oil #biden #arctic #drilling #trump #wildlifeprotection #landconservation #protectthearctic #climatecrisis
From 08 Aug: - Biden to designate 1.1m acres around Grand Canyon a national monument https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/08/biden-grand-canyon-new-national-monument?CMP=twt_a-environment_b-gdneco #BidenGrandCanyon #NationalMonument #GrandCanyonProtection #LandConservation #EnvironmentalPreservation #PublicLands #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110855794044805938
#news #politics #publiclands #environmentalpreservation #landconservation #grandcanyonprotection #nationalmonument #bidengrandcanyon
Biden to designate 1.1m acres around Grand Canyon a national monument
#BidenGrandCanyon #NationalMonument #GrandCanyonProtection #LandConservation #EnvironmentalPreservation #PublicLands #Politics #News
#bidengrandcanyon #nationalmonument #grandcanyonprotection #landconservation #environmentalpreservation #publiclands #politics #news
Happy Father's Day!
How are you spending your day, dads?
#NJ #NewJersey #hiking #fishing #landconservation #wildlifepreservation #happyfathersday
#nj #newjersey #hiking #Fishing #landconservation #wildlifepreservation #happyfathersday
#California Adds Nearly 1,000 Square Miles of Conserved Land in One Year, Making Significant Progress Toward 30% Goal | California Governor https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/05/18/california-adds-nearly-1000-square-miles-of-conserved-land-in-one-year-making-significant-progress-toward-30-goal/ #LandConservation #Conservation #CAPol #Environment
#california #landconservation #conservation #CApol #environment
Conserving 30% of the world’s land by 2030 will be “challenging” if croplands continue to expand in protected areas at current rates, according to a new study covered by Carbon Brief. The research shows that cropland has expanded at an “alarming” rate in protected areas between 2000 and 2019 – as much as 58-fold over nearly two decades.
#Agriculture #LandConservation #Crops #Environment #Biodiversity #Cropland #ClimateEmergency
#ClimateEmergency #cropland #biodiversity #Environment #crops #landconservation #agriculture
This delicate ecosystem and land sacred to indigenous people is at the nexus of major population centers and could become a popular destination for education and tourism.
President Biden announces new National Monument near Nevada-California border
#AviKwaAme #SpiritMountain
#California #Nevada #NationalMonument #LandConservation #MohaveDesert
#avikwaame #spiritmountain #california #nevada #nationalmonument #landconservation #mohavedesert