Comb Wash in Bears Ears National Monument is one of the roadless areas within America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act. Photo George Wuerthner The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance’s (SUWA) 8-million-acre wilderness […]
“America’s largest wind farm:” An environmental disaster?
Recent news stories focus on how a conservation easement on a large ranch in northwest Colorado is blocking a major new transmission line, and therefore stalling the enormous Chokecherry-Sierra Madre […]
Response to HCN “Fight over tribal sovereighty”
Allen River, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. Photo George Wuerthner Hats off to High Country News for publishing A quest for Alaska oil sparks a fight over tribal […]
The Active Forest Management Scam
Previously logged and thinned forest that burned at high severity in the Jocko Lakes Fire, Montana. Photo George Wuerthner There are daily news stories about the recent large wildfires in […]
Should federal public lands be prioritized for renewable energy development?
The Wilderness Society just teamed up with Yale University to release a report promoting renewable energy development on public lands, and like the recent Michael Moore documentary Planet of the […]
Oil industry uses pandemic as excuse to dodge federal regulations, fees
In an act of appalling hubris, the oil and gas industry is asking the federal government to loosen enforcement of federal regulations on public lands in response to the coronavirus […]
The BLM is Still Accepting New Oil and Gas Drilling Applications during the Government Shutdown
NEWPORT, OR — Despite the government shutdown, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has continued to accept new drilling permit applications and requests for site inspection at proposed oil and gas wells. […]
Trump Administration to Auction Off 900,000 Acres for Fracking in Nevada
Massive Lease Sale Includes Public Land Near National Park, Wildlife Refuge RENO, Nev — The Trump administration plans to auction more than 900,000 acres for oil and gas extraction on […]