Trump administration wants to cancel Biden-era rule that made conservation a 'use' of public land
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry. Wednesday's announcement comes as President Donald Trump seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing.
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to cancel a public land management rule that sought to put conservation on equal footing with industry. Wednesday's announcement comes as President Donald Trump seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing.
The rule was a key part of efforts under former President Joe Biden to refocus the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10 percent of land in the U.S.
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed to revoke a Biden-era rule that sought to conserve more public lands as opposed to opening them up to mining, drilling or grazing. Land owned by the federal government may be leased to private entities, including companies, for uses including energy and…
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