In case you missed it, Western Wire, a project of the Alliance, had the opportunity to interview Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) William Perry Pendley about his priorities for the agency:
BLM Head: Federal Government Needs To Be A “Good Neighbor”BY STAFF AUGUST 9, 2019Nearly 30 years after serving in Ronald Reagan’s administration, William Perry Pendley is back at the Interior Department, this time as acting director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Speaking by phone one floor down from his old office, Pendley told Western Wire he is looking forward to...
Sometimes you have to do something differently to advance the conversation. That’s why Western Energy Alliance is partnering with Friends of Arches and Canyonlands Parks and the Independence Institute to raise money for Canyonlands in Utah, while drawing attention to the...
Politicians promising to shut down public lands to oil and natural gas development have it all wrong, that is if they’re serious about conservation. The 0.07 percent of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) public lands leased for oil and gas production can and...
It’s commencement season, and there’s usually mischief afoot with speaker controversies and disinvitations. But what stood out to me last weekend were two commencement speeches and their contrasting visions.
WildEarth Guardians (WEG) and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) are the two most litigious groups when it comes to our western oil and natural gas issues. Sure, there are other environmental groups, like Western Watersheds and the Sierra Club,...
It was absolutely devastating to see Notre Dame up in flames this week. I remember being just as shocked and dismayed to see the Taliban destroy 1,700-year-old Buddhist statues after taking over much of Afghanistan. Not only is it horrifying to see two such important expressions of...
In a blog post short on facts but filled with pie-in-the-sky campaign dreams, Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA) outlined her plan for public lands should she be elected president in 2020. First and foremost: a moratorium on all new BLM leasing for oil and natural gas...
This week, the D.C. District Court ruled that BLM did not conduct adequate greenhouse gas analysis under National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for 300,000 acres of leases in Wyoming. While Judge Rudolph Contreras ruled that...
This week in the U.S. House, the new majority hit pause after holding 15 hearings about climate change to discuss energy policies at federal agencies. Appearing before the Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Development was the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Deputy...