posts tagged as public lands

Metals Needed for Carbon Neutrality in Short Supply

Solar panels, wind turbines, and electric car batteries are made from some of the most hard-to-get metals on earth— dysprosium, neodymium, manganese, cobalt,...

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2018 Oil and Gas Lease Sales Generated Record Revenue of $1.1 Billion

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) generated $1.1 billion from oil and gas lease sales in calendar year 2018, nearly tripling what...

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#19: Kathleen Sgamma, of the Western Energy Alliance, on obstacles to energy development

The team sits down with Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, to discuss the current state of energy development on...

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Are We Finally Free of Fowl Folly and Frog Foolery?

On December 6, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) unveiled a plan that will likely be one of the most consequential for...

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World Discovered Oil and Gas Resources Are at a Low Point; Trump’s Offshore Leasing Plan Could Help Fix That

Global discoveries of new conventional oil and gas in 2017 totaled only 7 billion barrels of oil equivalence—a level last seen in...

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Department of the Interior Announces Offshore Leasing Plan for 2019-2024

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced a draft five-year offshore leasing plan[i] for 2019 to 2024 last week that would commit over 90...

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