Biden administration moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands
by Reading Eagle
Reading Eagle— By MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press) BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to […]
www.stgeorgeutah.com—Fed moves to make conservation an equal to industry on US lands; Utah group lauds ‘stewardship’. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to adopt the proposal. GOP members […]
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