Dear John,

The Interior Department is trying to hand our public lands to Big Polluters for
free.

The agency wants to change how coal, oil and gas companies calculate payments
for extracted minerals on public lands. This essentially allows Big Polluters to
scam taxpayers into plundering our majestic places. Take action to stop polluters from destroying our wild places.
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The DOI is already selling our public land to Big Polluters, and now it wants to
make mineral extraction even cheaper -- padding polluters’ profit margins even
further. We can’t let it get away with handing over more money to Big Oil.

Tell the Department of the Interior to stop letting polluters plunder our wild
places for free!

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[[link removed]]The proposed rule changes would allow oil, gas, and coal companies to use shell
companies to hide transactions and reduce royalty payments from land leases. Padding the pockets of Big Polluters, this could cost taxpayers over $400
million over the next decade.

All the while, public land is continuing to be fracked, mined, and drilled for
extraction. These techniques irrevocably harm the environment and the local
wildlife. For example, the water that is extracted by fracking can be
radioactive. This is a potential threat to wildlife and neighboring communities.
Toxic water could poison our people and planet.

We’re up against powerful foes in the oil and gas industry. They’re pushing the
Department of the Interior to give them reduced payments while they poison our
environment.

Demand the DOI stop padding the pockets of Big Polluters. Protect our planet and
communities.

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[[link removed]]This isn’t the first time the Interior Department has tried to push similar
efforts. Last year, the courts struck down a proposed rule change that mimicked
this one.

Together, we can push the DOI to stop this handout to polluters. Each month,
thousands of Friends of the Earth members like you speak out against land leases
throughout the country. We’ve successfully halted them in Utah. This shows that
when people like you speak up, the agency listens.

Will you use your voice once more, John, and stop Big
Polluters from lining their pockets while they destroy our wild places?

Take Action: Demand the Interior Department stop letting polluters destroy our
wild places for free.

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[[link removed]]Standing with you,
Lukas Ross,
Climate and energy program manager,
Friends of the Earth

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