** Americans oppose expanded drilling
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Friday, October 25, 2019
Oil and gas production, Bureau of Land Management ([link removed])
The Trump administration's efforts to push its "energy dominance" agenda are out of line with the views of the majority of Americans. A new poll ([link removed]) conducted by The Washington Post found that 8 in 10 Americans believe that drilling levels should “decrease” or “stay as is.” Majorities say that the amount of oil and gas production offshore and on public lands should decrease. Less than 15 percent want to see increased drilling. Meanwhile, Interior Secretaries David Bernhardt and Ryan Zinke have spent their time at the department offering vast swaths of public lands and opening nearly the entire outer continental shelf to oil and gas development.
Neither Democrats, independents, nor Republicans support increasing the amount of oil, gas, and coal extraction on public lands, according to the poll ([link removed]) . Strong majorities of Democrats and independents support a decrease.
Earlier this month, the Center for Western Priorities released its 2020 Winning the West Poll, surveying Western voters on energy and public lands issues. More information can be found here ([link removed]) .
Quick hits
** Montana's largest coal mine closes as state denies new owner permit
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Billings Gazette ([link removed])
** Wyoming's Powder River Basin coal production sees more than 40 percent drop this decade
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Americans would rather reduce oil and gas exploration than "drill, baby, drill"
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** A warmer world means learning to live with wildfires
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New York Times ([link removed])
** U.S. House scheduled to vote on Colorado public lands conservation bill next week
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Colorado Independent ([link removed])
** Wyoming migration corridor debate takes center stage as governor, legislature wrestle over policy
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Casper Star-Tribune ([link removed])
** New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland calls for better protection for federal public land managers
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Carlsbad Current-Argus ([link removed])
** Opinion: BLM chief’s wild horse fixation distracts from the real threats to public land
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High Country News ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Pendley said that horses leave land “so devastated and destroyed” that it will never recover. The same can be said of oil and gas companies. For each of the 23,000 wells drilled on public land over the past decade, more than an acre of land was scraped clean of all vegetation, top soil, cactuses, sagebrush and even centuries-old juniper trees."
—Jonathan Thompson, contributing editor at High Country News ([link removed])
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