** The dismal legacy of “energy dominance”
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Monday January 25, 2021

The Center for Western Priorities today released a report ([link removed]) assessing the impacts of the Trump administration’s four-year efforts to enact a drill-everywhere “Energy Dominance” agenda on our nation’s public lands, slashing public health and environmental safeguards to benefit the oil and gas industry.

“The dismal legacy of Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ agenda ([link removed]) ” shows how the Trump administration magnified pre-existing problems in the oil and gas system, increasing waste of public resources and the risk of orphaned wells, benefitting companies instead of taxpayers, devastating sensitive lands, and marginalizing the public.

The author of the report, CWP Policy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn, noted that energy dominance “turned out to be exactly what you would expect from a former oil lobbyist. Interior Secretary [David] Bernhardt exploited flaws within the public land oil and gas system to new extremes, all for the benefit of his former clients. His actions and the failure of energy dominance over the past four years highlight the desperate need for reform in our oil and gas leasing system.”

The report provides a road map for the Biden administration ([link removed]) and Congress to fix the broken system, modernizing the U.S. government's approach to energy development on public lands to prioritize renewable energy, conserve natural heritage for future generations, and make public lands part of the climate solution.
Quick hits


** Oil industry goes full Chicken-Little over 60 day pause on leasing and permitting
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Casper Star-Tribune ([link removed]) | Colorado Sun ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed]) | Bloomberg ([link removed]) | Albuquerque Journal ([link removed])


** Biden administration reviews Trump evisceration of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase–Escalante
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Associated Press ([link removed]) | Salt Lake Magazine ([link removed])


** Meet Biden’s climate team — every cabinet job
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Washington Post ([link removed]) (Opinion) | The Hill ([link removed]) | Albuquerque Journal ([link removed])


** Biden EPA asks DOJ to hit pause on legal defense of Trump rules
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The Hill ([link removed])


** Tracing Capitol extremists back to the Bundys, Western groups
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Nevada Independent ([link removed]) (Opinion) | Denver Post ([link removed]) | NPR ([link removed]) | New York Times ([link removed]) | Politico ([link removed])


** Colorado county expands map claiming historic rights of way, setting up fight with feds
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Durango Herald ([link removed])


** Colorado’s East Troublesome fire may signal a new era of big fire blow-ups
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CPR News ([link removed])


** 34-year-old grizzly confirmed as oldest-known in Yellowstone region
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Jackson Hole News & Guide ([link removed])
Quote of the day
He was born in 1986. That’s pretty wild to think about. I think I was in junior high. I know it was the year before (Guns N’ Roses’) Appetite for Destruction came out.”
—Dan Thompson, Wyoming Game & Fish Department, on the oldest-known Yellowstone-area grizzly bear ([link removed])
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** @mypubliclands ([link removed])
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The Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area is protected for its historical significance, scenic beauty and fragile ecosystems. It's the very definition of what adventure seekers wish for. Known for its solitude and primitive lands, visitors from all over the world come her to experience the Black Rock Desert.

How would you like to explore this area as our next Artist in Residence? Nevada's Bureau of Land Management is now accepting applications for this unique and memorable experience! Learn more and apply through April 31: [link removed]. 📸Bob Wick, BLM.

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