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More than 180 local elected leaders from across the West are urging the Trump administration to abandon its push to roll back the Bureau of Land Management's Public Lands Rule.
The letter signed by county commissioners and supervisors, mayors, and council members and trustees states that any rollback of the Public Lands Rule will negatively impact Western communities’ wildlife habitat, treasured recreation areas, critical water resources, and Indigenous cultural sites.
Finalized in 2024, the rule finally put conservation, ecosystem restoration, and community access on equal footing with extractive uses like mining, drilling, and grazing. A Center for Western Priorities analysis showed that 92 percent of public comments submitted in the spring of 2023 during the comment period supported the Public Lands Rule.
The BLM's 60-day comment period on the proposed rule rescission closes on Monday, November 10. To submit a comment, please visit regulations.gov.
Report: The health costs of fossil fuel pollution
A new collaborative report developed by health and medical experts examines the direct health impacts of fossil fuel pollution across every system of the body and every stage of fossil fuel use. The report, “Fueling Sickness: The Hidden Health Costs of Fossil Fuel Pollution,” highlights how fossil fuel pollution is affecting the health of all Americans. The air pollution created when coal and oil and gas are extracted and used to generate electricity, power vehicles, heat buildings, and fuel industrial activities releases pollutants such as particulate matter, nitrogen oxides, and others that contribute to asthma attacks, heart disease, stroke, cancer, and premature death. To learn more, download a copy of the full report on the Physicians for Social Responsibility website.
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The BLM wants to wish you a happy Native American Heritage Month by selling your resources, by selling your water to oil and gas.”
