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Land Under B.L.M. Management to Get New Protections

✇NYT: Science
By: Catrin Einhorn
18 April 2024 at 14:32
The measure elevates conservation in a number of ways, including by creating new leases for the restoration of degraded areas.

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Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in 2021. She said the new rule announced on Thursday “helps restore balance to our public lands.”

Royalties for Drilling on Public Lands to Increase

✇NYT: Science
By: Coral Davenport
12 April 2024 at 15:27
For the first time since 1920, the government has raised the rates that companies pay. The fossil fuel industry says it will hurt the economy.

© Jae C. Hong/Associated Press

Pumpjacks operate at the Kern River Oil Field in Bakersfield, Calif.
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