Wait! Y’all are saying the Obama administration sold fracking licenses? Did someone in the administration go rogue?
Oil fracking leases do not mean the companies actually get to use them, it’s all about the money. And the point of the article is the ‘desert tortoise’ is a ruse.
The BLM gets Bundy to lose ability to graze on public land, and possibly lose his water rights, and then they can buy his ranch cheap. The real reason is hidden from taxpayers and Bundy by BLM hoping to score for government.
The Oil Fracking Leases in that area made the news two weeks before this incident, but the BLM made $1.24 million on those leases....interesting.