Dave Alberswerth

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

The Bureau of Land Management has essentially become the bureau of oil and gas development.

If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets read more

If you look at the actual facts on the ground, they have thousands of more drilling permits in their pockets than they can even drill on. So why is Congress or the administration always looking for ways to exempt the wealthiest companies in the world from their environmental responsibilities?

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

This is not going to be politically acceptable to most people.

They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're read more

They have to have a fairly recent analysis of the impacts before they can apply these categorical exclusions. If they're planning to improperly apply these exemptions ... in places where there are old land use plans that are out of date, then they are asking for legal trouble.

If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including read more

If this provision became law, it could literally lead to the privatization of millions of acres of public land, including national park and national forest land.