public lands
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Anxious, depressed, distracted — what if the cure is just outside?
Author Florence Williams talks trees, cities, and creativity in her new book "The Nature Fix."
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Trump gives his classic right-wing energy plan a scary historical name
Scary, but accurate.
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Greens won’t let Obama get away with bragging about his public lands record
Two groups sued to force the administration to rethink federal oil and gas leases.
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BLM announces draft of ‘common sense’ rules for fracking
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) just released a draft [PDF] of its new rules for hydraulic fracturing on public lands. These rules were last revised in 1988, and they’re being updated to deal with the current fracking boom (the BLM says 90 percent of new wells going in on public land are using fracking). […]
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Karl Rove’s super PAC attacks Obama for preventing oil spills
Crossroads GPS, Karl Rove’s super PAC, is spending $1.7 million in six swing states to attack Obama’s energy policy. Here’s what Rove wants swing voters to think about Obama: We’re not really sure that it’s the best political strategy to remind voters that the Bush administration existed at all, let alone that it passed policies […]
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Critical List: Interior to expedite oil and gas permit review; pandas trying to mate
A round-up of the news of the day.
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Obama budget raises oil drilling royalties 50 percent
Public lands belong to all of us, so when the federal government decides to lease them out to oil and gas drillers, those companies have to pay for depriving taxpayers of environmental and recreational benefits. And the Obama administration has decided that they’re not paying enough. So the Interior Department’s budget includes a proposal to raise […]
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What did Obama say about energy last night?
We at Grist List know more or less how your State of the Union experience went last night: You intended to watch it, but oooooh, you forgot there was a new Downton Abbey episode you hadn’t watched yet. You started watching the speech, but booooooring! You changed the channel/zoned out/got distracted by YouTube. Or you […]
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Solar for Schools? Not so easy with tax-based solar incentives
You’re a city manager hoping to cut electricity costs at sewage treatment plant, a school administrator looking to power schools with solar, or a state park official needing an off-grid solar array for a remote ranger station. But unlike any private home or business, you can’t get 50% off using the federal tax incentives for […]