All Posts Tagged With: "public lands"

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Latest Wyoming BLM Auction Generates $8.7 Million

66 parcels totaling about 85,000 acres were offered at the auction earlier this week, with the highest bid per acre a t$3,500 for a parcel that leased for $1.4 million.

9May2013 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Fundraising to Buy Wyoming Oil and Gas Leases $3M Short of Goal

Since the historic agreement to buy 58,000 acres of oil and gas leases south of Jackson was announced in October, Trust for Public Land has raised $1.28 million of the $4.25 million it needs. That gives the trust less than six weeks to raise about $3 million.

27Nov2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Two Views on ENERGY CLAIMS in the
Presidential Debate

The Western Energy Alliance challenges President Obama’s role in increased oil and natural gas production — especially on public lands. While Heather Taylor-Miesle of the NRDC Fund says Governor Romney distorted the truth about the Administration’s position on green energy.

4Oct2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Assessing New Energy Development on Wildlife

A new report by Joseph Northrup and George Wittemyer of Colorado State University’s Warner College of Natural Resources summarizes current knowledge on energy production’s impacts on wildlife and related mitigation strategies, and highlights gaps in umderstanding the repercussions of alterations to ecosystems.

27Sep2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Energy Expert Says Fracing Here to Stay

A former top environmental regulator said states should take the lead in crafting hydraulic fracturing rules. “I’m a big believer in having just some overall guidance from the federal government,” said J. Winston Porter. “I believe the states are headed in the right direction.”

27Sep2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Wyoming, Colorado Oil and Gas Headlines

>> Interior Extends Comment Period on Fracking Proposal
>> Wyoming Governor Appoints Interim Head for WOGCC
>> Mead Wants More Time on Proposed Fracturing Rule
>> Industry Pays for Federal Staff Additions
>> Judge Sets Aside BLM’s Roan Plateau Drilling Plan
>> Report Says Silca a Hazard at Fracking Sites
>> Setback Amendment Defeated in U.S. House

25Jun2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Congressional Trio: Big Government Holding Up American Energy Production

H.R. 4381, Planning for American Energy Act would require the Secretary of the Interior to develop a strategic plan every four years … and that plan would have to include oil, natural gas, coal, wind, solar, hydropower, geothermal, oil shale, and minerals necessary for energy development.

25Apr2012 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Interior Official Defends Drilling Program Amid Federal Lands Production Dip

A top Interior Department official is rebutting GOP allegations that the agency is throttling oil-and-gas development, calling the recent dip in oil production from federal lands the result of industry decisions, not a lack of permits or leases.

15Mar2012 | | 0 comments | Continued