The phrase
"federal lands" refers to land that is owned and managed by the federal government of a country, rather than by individuals or private companies.
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According to a recent report, oil production fell 4 percent and natural gas production fell 33 percent
on federal lands from 2007 to 2012.
Combined, oil and gas companies hold leases to nearly 68 million acres
of federal land and waters that they are not producing oil and gas (Figure 4).
It might be possible, for example, to impose an extraction fee («severance payment») for coal and oil taken
from federal lands.
It makes K - 12 grants to school districts for children who live on military bases and
other federal land.
Another approach, which appears to be gaining popularity, is to open up
more federal lands and waters to oil, gas and coal production.
Unlike most of the nation's public roads, which are managed by state departments of transportation,
federal lands roads are maintained by various tribal and federal agencies.
The bill includes measures to stop excessive government regulations, streamline bureaucratic permit processes, eliminate red tape, and open
new federal land to energy production to create thousands of new American jobs.
Without allowing market forces to have a greater say in
how federal lands are used, Western states will continue to suffer economic and environmental disadvantages.
Today, there remains a stark difference between energy development trends on
federal land compared to those on private and state land.
He added that his department recently formed a task force to determine «renewable energy zones,» areas
of federal land that would be idea for solar, wind and geothermal energy projects.
The fossil fuels produced
from federal lands and waters are responsible for nearly 28 % of the country's energy - related greenhouse gas emissions.
Her experience also includes condemnation, marital dissolution, estate planning and settlement, property damage, neighborhood opposition / value impact and
federal land acquisition «yellow book» issues.
The Obama administration is facilitating drilling projects on
federal land in western North Dakota by expediting environmental reviews.
Doug Weaver, a partner at the firm Hogan Lovells who represents the Conservation Lands Foundation, Utah Diné Bikéyah and other groups, said the «watershed» moment on this issue came with the 1976
Federal Land Policy and Management Act.
To achieve this, the president - elect plans to revoke the Clean Power Plan, open onshore and offshore leasing on
federal lands for energy development, end the ban on new federal coal leases and lift various other regulations.
August 14, 2015 • The Oath Keepers group that's making headlines for its presence in Ferguson, Mo., is best known for mobilizing its self - described «security forces» to standoffs with
federal land managers in the West.
Restrictive
federal land use policies severely affect job creation and economic opportunities for states, communities, families and our nation as a whole, for little environmental benefit.
Ahead of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee's vote tomorrow on Interior secretary nominee Ryan Zinke, the Montana Republican lawmaker disclosed to the committee that a super political action committee he was once affiliated with is under investigation and reaffirmed his opposition to turning
federal lands over to states.
Issues include, but are not limited to, fireworks ban,
Federal land grants and real property tax relief.
As I mentioned earlier in the thread, I'm a bit familiar with «holistic grazing management» as
U.S. federal land management agencies went through a time in the 1980s and 90s when there was interest in the idea.
The Oneida Indian Nation and its «Change the Mascot» campaign scored a big victory this month when the Obama administration said it would not allow the Washington Redskins to build a new stadium on
federal land at the site of the existing RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington, D.C.
Located in Ivanpah, approximately 50 miles northwest of Needles, California (about five miles from the California - Nevada border) on
federal land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
«Another duplicative rule at a time when methane emissions are falling and on top of an onslaught of other new BLM and EPA regulations could drive more energy production
off federal lands.
The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state of California on Monday that contends a state law restricting
federal land transfers violates the supremacy clause.
Congressionally, we will continue to move forward on a comprehensive overhaul of onshore and offshore
federal lands energy policy to help Interior expand even greater access, streamline permitting and increase revenues to both states and the U.S. Treasury.»
Brian Maffly The Salt Lake Tribune January 15, 2016 The Obama administration this week announced a moratorium on new coal leases on
federal land while it conducts a sweeping review of the coal program administered by the U.S. Department of Interior, examining the terms under which the coal is sold...
Trump said he would dramatically reduce the size of a vast expanse of
protected federal land in Utah — a rollback of some two million acres that is the largest in scale in the nation's history.
King Cove Land Exchange — Vote Passed (248 - 179, 6 Not Voting) The House passed the bill that would require the Interior Department to convey to the state of Alaska, if requested, 206 acres of
federal land within the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and Izembek Wilderness for the purpose of constructing a single - lane gravel road between the towns of King Cove and Cold Bay, Alaska.
As a candidate, President - Elect Trump pledged to pursue an energy approach that would include «
opening federal lands for oil and gas production, opening offshore areas, and revoking policies that are imposing unnecessary restrictions on innovative and new exploration technologies.»
The drilling work is just to the north of a protest camp on
federal land where pipeline opponents had gathered since August.
The BLM General Land Office Records website provides online access to
federal land conveyance records for the Public Land States, which are states that were created out of the public domain.
Trump's signing of the executive order signaled a move toward giving land back to the states while limiting the size of «a
massive federal land grab.»
He comes to the table with strong feelings about
keeping federal lands in the hands of the government, a belief that «something is going on» with the climate and an embrace of an «all of the above» energy policy.
Over the last decade, annual wildfire suppression costs on
US federal lands exceeded $ 1.7 B US dollars7 and $ 1B US dollars in Canada8.
The Trump administration is taking on California directly on several fronts — it wants to open more offshore areas to oil drilling, it sued the state for the right to
sell federal land in California, and it's seeking to roll back new - vehicle emissions standards that conform to the state's.
Far - left environmentalists prove themselves hypocrites again: They criticize continuing oil and gas production on
federal lands during the shutdown but issue no call to halt wind turbines