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We know Americans across the country are doing their best to face this global #pandemic. The last thing we want to do is fill your feed w/ bad news. So, we have decided to chronicle some of the activities impacting #publiclands #WhileYouWereQuarantining in one thread. 1/
#WhileYouWereQuarenting @Interior "opened or closed at least 34 public comment periods despite widespread calls for a halt to rulemakings and major actions" https://buff.ly/34Fc3tt ">https://buff.ly/34Fc3tt&q... 2/
In #NV people are concerned about their health & their future. Yet, @Interior & @BLMNational went ahead w/ an #oilandgas lease sale "despite warnings on expected poor results from experts & local communities." Bad for taxpayers, #publiclands & #wildlife. https://buff.ly/3epLKw6 ">https://buff.ly/3epLKw6&q...
. @Interior - despite calls from #NM"s delegation & tribal leaders to extend or halt comment period in light of the #COVID19 crisis - moved forward w/ a comment period for an #oilandgas lease sale in & around #ChacoCanyon. https://buff.ly/3a2pMvC ">https://buff.ly/3a2pMvC&q... #WhileYouWereQuarentining 4/
#WhileYouWereQuarentining in #CO @BLMNational revised a management plan for some 676,000 acres of #publiclands. @SenatorBennet blasted the plan. Saying, the plan prioritized an #energydominance agenda & "overruled the concerns of Colorado counties." https://buff.ly/2XzGQ9D ">https://buff.ly/2XzGQ9D&q... 5/
In #Alaska, #oilandgas companies "want to hoard new rights to drill in the Arctic National #WildlifeRefuge even as they shut down operations on the vast untapped oil reserves they already have access to." #WhileYouWereQuarentining #ProtectTheArctic https://buff.ly/2V8Q62U ">https://buff.ly/2V8Q62U&q... 6/
The Arctic National #WildlifeRefuge isn& #39;t the only place where @Interior is looking to develop in #Alaska& #39;s wild places. Massive Conoco Phillips project moves full steam ahead. #WhileYouWereQuarentining. https://buff.ly/3abNJk2 ">https://buff.ly/3abNJk2&q... 7/
In places like #Utah local leaders have had to step in and fill the leadership vacuum left by @Interior when the agency left #nationalparks open, putting staff and gateway communities at risk. https://buff.ly/2XzHST9 ">https://buff.ly/2XzHST9&q... #WhileYouWereQuarenting 8/
And, it& #39;s not just #UT. #CA, #CO, #WA & #GA - all hot spots for #Covid19 - are begging for people to not visit #nationalparks during this time. @Interior and @NatlParkService continue to manage parks on a site by site basis. #WhileYouWereQuarentining https://buff.ly/2XxgUvn ">https://buff.ly/2XxgUvn&q... 9/
#WhileYouWereQuarentining: Secretary Pompeo sees the #COVID19 pandemic as opportunity to increase uranium production in the United States. Raising concerns about the administration& #39;s desire to open up #Arizona& #39;s #GrandCanyon to harmful uranium mining. https://buff.ly/3b9rtJ3 ">https://buff.ly/3b9rtJ3&q... 10/
William Perry Pendley& #39;s controversial appointment as acting director of @BLMNational was once again extended. Raising concerns that the administration has left a man in charge of #publiclands "who does not believe #publiclands should exist.” https://buff.ly/39Ieywa ">https://buff.ly/39Ieywa&q... 11/
#WhileYouWereQuarentining: Construction began on the #KeystonePipline amidst a global crisis. The 1,200-mile pipeline from #Canada to #Nebraska will impact local communities, #publiclands, #cleanwater and #wildlife. https://buff.ly/3a43bP7 ">https://buff.ly/3a43bP7&q... 12/
And it just gets better. As communities are struggling to respond to the rush to lease #publiclands while dealing w/ the unprecedented challenge we all face, #oilandgas companies ask for a bail out. https://buff.ly/2Rz2ZB6 ">https://buff.ly/2Rz2ZB6&q... #WhileYouWereQuarentining 13/
