** 10 public lands protections on the chopping block
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Danielle Brigida ([link removed])
While President-elect Biden prepares a flurry of executive actions ([link removed]) to protect the environment when he takes office, the Trump administration is similarly racing the clock ([link removed]) to finish a long list of environmental rollbacks in the next ten weeks.
The Center for Western Priorities just released an updated tracker ([link removed]) that identifies ten public lands and wildlife protections that could be erased or diminished before President Trump leaves office. The list includes seismic testing and offering oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as finalizing 20-year management plans to expand drilling and mining on public lands in at least four states.
** How Indigenous voters swung Arizona
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With Joe Biden leading by roughly 15,000 votes in Arizona, Indigenous voters may turn out to be the voting bloc that put the President-elect over the top. High Country News notes that voter precincts on the Navajo Nation ranged from 60 to 90 percent for Biden ([link removed]) , and in some Tohono O'Odham precincts, Biden won 98 percent of the vote. The unified tribal turnout is a strong repudiation of the Trump administration's anti-Indigenous policies, which included shrinking Bears Ears National Monument ([link removed]) and blowing up sacred O'Odham land ([link removed]) near the Arizona-Mexico border.
Quick hits
** Trump administration finally submits list of LWCF projects after legal deadline
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The Hill ([link removed])
** Trump administration races to roll back environmental, energy protections
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E&E News ([link removed]) (Greenwire) | E&E News ([link removed]) (Energywire) | Westwise ([link removed])
** Energy lobbyists prepare for Biden administration
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** State climate agendas could get big boost from Biden
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San Francisco Chronicle ([link removed])
** Wildfires emerge as threat to water quality across the West
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Bloomberg ([link removed])
** Powder River Basin coal slumps, Peabody could go bankrupt—again
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Casper Star Tribune ([link removed]) | St. Louis Post-Dispatch ([link removed])
** Lawsuit claims backcountry powder locations are trade secrets
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
** Opinion: Pendley must be removed from Bureau of Land Management
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Missoulian ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Environmental laws aren't negotiable. These are laws that have to be complied with, and that isn't something that BLM has remotely done thus far. Will they continue to try and do this? Hopefully not. But if they do, we think that they're really out of step with both the law and frankly with what the American people expect after a presidential election.”
—Adam Kolton, Alaska Wilderness League
E&E News ([link removed])
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** @mypubliclands ([link removed])
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Question: This agency has been the answer in the Jeopardy round or Double Jeopardy round 14 times since 1997. Answer: What is "The Bureau of Land Management?" Today, we remember and honor the legendary Alex Trebek. Thank you and rest in peace, Alex! 📸Bighole River Butte in Montana; Bob Wick, BLM. #Nature ([link removed]) #NaturePhotography ([link removed]) #Montana ([link removed])
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