Trump’s pick for managing federal lands doesn’t believe the government should have any (Missouri, Indiana)
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It's said that if Yellowstone's super volcano erupted it would be an end-of-all-life-event, for the massive amounts of ash put into the atmosphere. If we can tap that and prevent it from having a massive eruption that would be a win-win.
I think there are lands that contribute to the country as a whole and shouldn't be subject to the will of just a small group of people (state).
Once you get west of the Texas/Kansas/ND line about half the land is controlled by the feds. Liberals are going to try and portray this as "mining Yellowstone" as the one poster did above. That just sensationalist BS trying to appeal to someone's naivety. Fact is you are talking about vast tracts of lands without any particular significance. You can drive for hours in these areas and there is whole lot of nothing....
They shouldn't. The state that the land resides in should own it.
Then all it takes is to get in one "business-friendly" state government to open for resource extraction, and poof, away goes something irreplaceable. At least it takes serious money to bribe DC.
Then all it takes is to get in one "business-friendly" state government to open for resource extraction, and poof, away goes something irreplaceable. At least it takes serious money to bribe DC.
Another who thinks the Feds are so much more benevolent than state gov's. BTW, at some point those resources will have to be extracted anyway due to population explosion.
Then all it takes is to get in one "business-friendly" state government to open for resource extraction, and poof, away goes something irreplaceable. At least it takes serious money to bribe DC.
640 million acres is controlled by the feds, is it all irreplaceable? For perspective the entire state of CA is 104 million . Roughly they control an area the size of 6 California's .
President Barack Obama has seized more land for the federal government than any other president in American history. To date, he has unilaterally taken over 260 million acres of land and water, giving control and ownership over to the feds.
Obama used the antiquities act to bypass congress and shut out public input into the use and management of those lands
'Western states are particularly sensitive to federal land ownership..."
the refrain for decades has been complaints about Washington elite making decisions about the management of western lands.
Well it makes sense to have the policy makers where the policies will be implemented.
why did Obama do it?
not because of his love for the environment, it was payback for votes to the environmental lobby and to “..... systematically abused executive powers through unilateral rules, orders and memorandums designed to make energy and resource development uneconomical.” remember his promise to cause energy prices to skyrocket????
the pendulum keeps on swinging
I think it was Teddy Roosevelt that set aside more federal lands than any president. Plenty of presidents increased park land and others going back a century because the want to protect the land.
There is nothing wrong with preserves, it should be the state's responsibility to preserve them since it's within their borders. Why do you act like the fed gov is so much more benevolent than state gov's? They both can be compromised due to the consequences of elections. That's why voting matters.
Look at Duke Power in North Carolina with the pollution of rivers, do you think the state is going put industry or the environment first. If Florida had the opportunity it would develop the Everglades. No I don’t trust the states and developers and industry.
Another who thinks the Feds are so much more benevolent than state gov's.
Not by much. But they are less likely to act capriciously and more expensive to bribe.
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