Posted on 08/15/2022 6:35:48 AM PDT by 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.”
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The EPA is more corrupt than the FBI. Enjoy higher energy prices America.
That will surely halt inflation in its tracks!............................../😜
Thank goodness eh? “They” will never understand that muvver erf don’t care about us. AT ALL! And what season is fast approaching? 🤔😵💫🤬🐂💩
The day the climate stops changing will be a REALLY bad day.
P.S. They could still honor the leases but granting permits to work the leases-—————Pfffttttt! Good luck with all the EIS they’d have to endure. That way branDUHn and pals could still claim they’ve leased the land and the oil companies just aren’t using them.
We say that we are fighting Putin and Russia. But all of our actions on energy and weapons procurement seem to be helping Putin and Russia.
Remember when Obama said the discussion about global warming is over , so now they go ahead with their insanity all over the world
so now they go ahead with their insanity all over the world
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Good point. Their jihad against fossil fuels will not just hurt the U.S., it will also drive up the cost of energy in nations around the world. Many countries will be severely damaged by their policies.
Climate change policy is about saving the planet the same way CoupFlu policy is about protecting public health.
Evil Bastards
The Communists smile!
So they can claim the oil companies have leases that they refuse to drill on. I yell at the TV every time I hear that rubbish.
SMH...the absurdity of believing you can understand the GLOBAL climate impact of an oil lease.
And people wonder why gas is so expensive.
Oil and gas activity does not impact grouse. Wind energy does. They fear tall structures because of raptors, so wind energy towers shrink their habitat.
“We say that we are fighting Putin and Russia. But all of our actions on energy and weapons procurement seem to be helping Putin and Russia”.
That’s right.
If we get into a situation where energy isn’t just expensive, but is unavailable, we are going to be in a world of hurt.
If the Sierra Club cared so much about the climate impacts of oil and coal why are they not doing business in China and India.
Oh wait it’s not America
Me too.
This is just one more round in the lucrative “sue and settle” game played by the leftists in EPA and green ngo’s. A rigged game at that: the greenies sue and the government is only too happy to “lose” and thereby impede American well-being one more notch. The greenies collect another bonus check..
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