Todd Ockert
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Jennifer Yachnin, E&E News reporter. Greenwire: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt speaks alongside President Trump last July at a White House event on environmental policy. Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Newscom
As President Trump enters the final year of his first term in office, the Interior Department is pressing to complete work on dozens of policy changes. They range from oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the designation of new snowmobile routes in northern Michigan, according to a new analysis out today.
The report, compiled by the Denver-based Center for Western Priorities, details 74 policy proposals — largely focused on land management issues — as well as another 17 actions tied to the Endangered Species Act.
The environmental group announced it plans to monitor progress of the proposals via its "Unfinished Business" monitor on the website Medium:
https://medium.com/westwise/the-trump-administrations-unfinished-business-on-public-lands-5a8bda1c044e
The report includes policy proposals listed on the Office and Management and Budget's federal rule tracking website, as well as those proposed on Regulations.gov, secretarial orders and the Bureau of Land Management's E-Planning website.
The list does not include any policy changes proposed within the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"The clock is ticking on the Trump administration's first term, and Interior Secretary [David] Bernhardt knows it," said Center for Western Priorities Policy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn. "Policy changes in the works show that the former oil lobbyist is doing everything in his power to expand drilling and mining while reducing protections for wildlife."
The group plans to update the site monthly.
Interior Secretary David Bernhardt speaks alongside President Trump last July at a White House event on environmental policy. Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Newscom
As President Trump enters the final year of his first term in office, the Interior Department is pressing to complete work on dozens of policy changes. They range from oil and gas exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to the designation of new snowmobile routes in northern Michigan, according to a new analysis out today.
The report, compiled by the Denver-based Center for Western Priorities, details 74 policy proposals — largely focused on land management issues — as well as another 17 actions tied to the Endangered Species Act.
The environmental group announced it plans to monitor progress of the proposals via its "Unfinished Business" monitor on the website Medium:
https://medium.com/westwise/the-trump-administrations-unfinished-business-on-public-lands-5a8bda1c044e
The report includes policy proposals listed on the Office and Management and Budget's federal rule tracking website, as well as those proposed on Regulations.gov, secretarial orders and the Bureau of Land Management's E-Planning website.
The list does not include any policy changes proposed within the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"The clock is ticking on the Trump administration's first term, and Interior Secretary [David] Bernhardt knows it," said Center for Western Priorities Policy Director Jesse Prentice-Dunn. "Policy changes in the works show that the former oil lobbyist is doing everything in his power to expand drilling and mining while reducing protections for wildlife."
The group plans to update the site monthly.
