Sentences with phrase «from public lands»

Reports have found that oil and gas produced from our public lands is responsible for 10 % of our nation's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Coal, oil, and gas are extracted from public land and transported over public right - of - ways, leaving behind an array of local pollutants.

We must block fossil fuel interests who aim to squeeze every last drop of oil from public lands, off - shore, and wilderness areas.

In response to another question from Sanders, Zinke said he supported extracting fossil fuel from public lands along with supporting wind and solar power, calling for an «all - of - the - above» approach to energy production.

Defendants were charged with violations of the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), which prohibits the excavation and sale of artifacts from public land or Indian land, and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which requires items retrieved from burial sites and other sacred objects to be returned to Indian tribes.

, the fossil fuel energy produced from public lands included 706 million barrels of oil, 3.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 421 million tons of coal, contributing billions of tons worth of carbon pollution.

Ending the production of coal, oil and natural gas from public lands and waters could significantly reduce CO2 emissions by the US, according to a new study.

A splintered Supreme Court displayed its deep divisions over the separation of church and state Wednesday, with the court's prevailing conservatives signaling a broader openness to the idea that the Const - itution does not require the removal of religious symbols from public land.

The federal government has proposed new guidelines to reduce methane pollution from public lands

(But first, check if this is legal in your area — taking anything from public lands might not be a good idea.)

She's a dental hygienist married to a good fellow named Lance (Luke Wilson), who clears brush from public land and just may be the sweetest man alive.

Proposition 300 Would direct earnings from public lands that are above the 2000 - 01 level to be deposited in the state classroom - site fund, to be used for such things as class - size reduction, teacher raises, and school facility bond...

Funds from the Public Lands Highways Discretionary program supplement their existing infrastructure programs.

Also, very little red alder is sold from public lands, although substantial inventory occurs there.

Oil and gas lease sales, royalties from mineral and energy production, Alaska's «Open for Business» initiative, renewable energy development, mineral extraction, the future of coal production from public lands, offshore renewable energy development, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf were just some of the topics discussed.

Helped along by both President Obama and Bernie Sanders, Clinton has broken her silence on fossil fuel extraction from public lands.

About Blog This is a home for true nature stories and photography, mostly from public lands near my home in San Francisco.

The Teranet - National Bank House Price Index ™ is estimated by tracking observed or registered home prices over time using data collected from public land registries.

Stopping fossil fuels coming from public lands will likely be critical to decreasing U.S. emissions.

Though he hasn't provided many specifics, Trump has publicly said he is eager to streamline the process and make it as easy as possible for energy companies to extract fossil fuels from public lands, which are the source of about 24 percent of America's fossil fuels, including about 40 percent of all the coal produced in the U.S.

House Democrats have launched a perpetual U.S. mining reform crusade proposing measures that would force miners to pay royalties for minerals extracted from public lands and contribute to a fund for clean - up costs.

Last week, federal agents swooped in on 23 of the 24 people indicted on charges of stealing archaeological artifacts from public land and Indian reservations in the Southwest.

In 2014 alone, the fossil fuel energy produced from public lands included 706 million barrels of oil, 3.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas and 421 million tons of coal, contributing billions of tons worth of carbon pollution.

Put another way, Congress could raise all of the funds needed to support long - term investments in this Energy Security Trust by increasing royalties paid for producing oil and gas from public lands and waters by an amount less than the typical daily fluctuations of oil and gas commodity prices.

CURWOOD: So, if I hear you correctly, Pat, you're saying perhaps the strong if not the strongest strategy here would be to be suing the federal government for selling off fossil fuels from public lands and waters at a time when the government knows that the combustion of those fuels is in the process of destroying the planet?

A bill introduced today in the U.S. senate would end new leases for extracting fossil fuels from public lands.

Nearly 90 % of coal produced from public lands is from leases in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming and Montana.

Now, the company is once again seeking cheap access to more of our coal, so it can strip - mine it from public lands and export it to lucrative markets in Asia.