On Friday, the U.S. House passed the Inflation Reduction Act, following a deal by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) that saw it pass the Senate earlier […]
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There’s Never Been a Better Time to Shake Off Fossil Fuel Dependency
More than a year ago, President Biden directed the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to pause all new oil and gas leasing on public lands while the agency conducted a […]
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Why More Fossil Fuel Leasing on Public Lands Is Not the Answer to Rising Fuel Prices
Utah Governor Cox and his pro-fossil-fuel allies are cynically trying to take advantage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to encourage President Biden to quickly lease publicly-owned lands across the United […]
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Wild Utah Podcast, Episode 33: Making Progress on Oil & Gas Reform
The oil & gas leasing, drilling and cleanup program in the United States is a mess– needing serious reform, time and money to fix. During the 2020 presidential election, Joe […]
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Biden Leasing Pause, One Year Later: The Sky Hasn’t Fallen
It’s now been a year since President Biden issued his Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Among other things, the order placed a pause on […]
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