In a complete disregard for science, conservation, and climate change, the administration has released a draft plan that could allow oil and gas operations on more than 17 million acres in Alaska’s Arctic. Read more >
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The Trump Administration’s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic
Derrick Z. Jackson, fellow
December 6, 2019 6:32 AM EDT
Acting BLM Director William Pendley at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on September 10, 2019. Photo: House Natural Resources Committee/YouTube
Recusal Is Not an Excusal: William Pendley and Conflicts of Interest at the BLM
Andrew Rosenberg, director, Center for Science & Democracy
October 4, 2019 7:19 AM EDT
The acting director of the BLM is deeply conflicted, unqualified, and fundamentally opposed to the mission of the agency he is leading. Read more >
Chevron will be in the same building as the new BLM headquarters in Grand Junction, Colorado. Photo: Carbon Visuals/Flickr
Bureau of Land Management Headquarters to Move in with Chevron. Will They Share a Bed?
Joel Clement, Senior Fellow
September 27, 2019 9:07 AM EDT
The Department of the Interior is relocating BLM headquarters to a new office Grand Junction, Colorado, where it will share a building with Chevron and oil and gas lobbying organizations—a symbolic capstone to the administration’s blatant efforts to hand industry the keys to public lands. Read more >
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Trump Administration Rescinds Fracking Rule for Public Lands: A Blow to Public Protection
Gretchen Goldman, Research Director, Center for Science and Democracy
January 8, 2018 2:34 PM EDT
At the end of last month, we saw yet another casualty in the Trump administration’s war on science-based policy. The administration announced it would rescind a 2015 rule at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to address risks associated with unconventional oil and gas development on public land. Though not unexpected, this move was disheartening. The 2015 BLM fracking rule was an important step in protecting people from many unchecked risks associated with hydraulic fracturing. To understand what we lost, let me quickly review the national setting back in 2015 when the rule was issued. Read more >
