U.S. to pause oil, gas leasing on 2.2 million acres in Colorado over climate impact

Reuters ^ | August 15, 2022 | By Clark Mindock

[Oldeconomybuyer]

(Reuters) - The Bureau of Land Management will pause oil and gas leasing on 2.2 million acres of Colorado public land after environmental groups alleged its current management plan failed to consider climate impacts, according to a settlement.

The agreement was filed Thursday in Colorado federal court and requires the government to conduct a new environmental analysis of the climate impacts of oil and gas leasing on public lands in southwestern Colorado. The government also agreed to consider how the leases may impact the endangered Gunnison sage- grouse and its habitat.

The Sierra Club, Center for Biological Diversity and others said in an August 2020 lawsuit that BLM had violated the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires the government to take a hard look at the environmental impacts of its leasing decisions, when it approved the current 20-year plan.

The groups said the decision to allow leasing on these public lands would aggravate the climate crisis and that it would be “impossible” to address that impact without “completely transforming the way public lands are managed for fossil fuel exploitation.”

[woodbutcher1963]

“American Infrastructure Investment Act of 2010”

I remember reading a story about the company that won the Federal Government contract to make 4x8 painted signs for that act. They were made out of Marine Plywood. This is what all interstate road signs are made out of. Even back 12 years ago a sheet of this plywood was $80-100/sheet.

The company that made the signs got around $1800 per sign.
This was the first Trillion dollar stimulus deal during Obama’s first term. They made hundreds of those signs. They got put out all around the country whenever they were rebuilding a bridge, etc.

[Tell It Right]

I’m too old to blame it on the new education LOL

[jmaroneps37]

This is a gift! Bennett is falling behind already and he was forced to vote for this pos bill the crazies put together. Now as his “reward” for being a “good Democrat/communist” they are ramming this right up his ash.

[rlmorel]

Yes. I drove me out of my mind. I would see those signs, and my blood pressure would spike.

Then, I had an old Army annex base near me that was unused for decades and run down, but it was open to go into, and it was deserted, very cool. They had big concrete bunkers covered with dirt with thick metal blast doors at one end, and a narrow gauge rail track. Back after WWI, they stored naval and artillery ammo in there, and after WWII, they stopped that, and the base was used to test Army equipment, mostly fatigues and body gear, backpacks, boots, etc. Then, when the Army left, you could go in and root around. It was great.

Then, my wife and I went over one day back then (after not having been there for a year or so) and we saw this:

Funds to be used for rebuilding bridges and such, but a visitor center? Outfitted with Herman Miller chairs inside?

I was fit to be tied. Then I found out the town was using those funds to pay for Teacher Union Health benefits.

One of the wealthiest towns in the state, too.

[nascarnation]

Solar panel roof?

Well you got extra social credit points for that....

[rlmorel]

I thought it was, and that really made my blood boil, but when I looked closer, I think it is one of those metal roofs that won’t allow snow to accumulate.

Still. What a waste of money.

[BiteYourSelf]

That,should!d be made illegal.🙄