** Looking back at Trump's deregulatory agenda
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Thursday, October 24, 2019
Click here to view the analysis ([link removed])
Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the Interior Department asked industry stakeholders to identify policies that “burden the development or use of domestically produced energy resources,” particularly oil, gas, and coal. In October 2017, the agency previewed its deregulatory agenda by releasing an “Energy Burdens Report,” essentially a hit list of policies compiled from input by extractive industries. Exactly two years after releasing its deregulatory roadmap, an analysis ([link removed]) by the Center for Western Priorities ([link removed]) finds the Interior Department has taken action on 43 of 49 recommendations, completing 33.
The policy changes include eliminating rules to capture methane waste from public lands drilling, weakening protections for endangered wildlife, and watering down safety rules for offshore drilling. After completing nearly everything on their deregulatory agenda, the only question is "what’s left to destroy?"
Quick hits
** Trump administration admits political appointees have violated ethics pledge multiple times
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ProPublica ([link removed])
** Oil and gas companies used loophole to avoid paying $18 billion in royalties in recent decades
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New York Times ([link removed])
** Suit blasts Tahoe National Forest for allowing e-bikes on non-motorized trails
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San Francisco Chronicle ([link removed])
** Controlled burn in Utah forest could provide valuable insights into behavior of powerful wildfires
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The Atlantic ([link removed])
** Shrinking wild horse and burro populations to cost $5 billion
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The Hill ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])
** Trump team reassigns 34-year Yosemite National Park superintendent, raising questions
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San Francisco Chronicle ([link removed]) | Los Angeles Times ([link removed])
** Colorado Governor, U.S. Forest Service sign public lands management framework
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Colorado Politics ([link removed])
** Editorial: "When all is said and done, after the oil and gas is depleted, the land, water and air of New Mexico will remain"
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Santa Fe New Mexican ([link removed])
Quote of the day
This is handing out public money to special interests that don’t need them, don’t deserve them and aren’t paying their fair share. Our laws and standards need to reflect the fact that public resources are there for the benefit of the public.”
—Representative Raúl Grijalva, New York Times ([link removed])
Picture this
The BLM has moved forward 16 policy changes designed to increase drilling and mining on public lands, all policy changes specifically requested by the oil and gas industry. Westwise ([link removed])
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