Our public lands and waters aren’t for corporate polluters

We’re facing major threats to our public lands and waters from the Trump administration — all to let corporate polluters mine or drill with little oversight, no science, and practically no say from the public. We won’t ignore this. If Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the Interior Department are trying to avoid public input, we’ll create our own public outcry. Make your voice heard!

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Tell the Trump administration that we won’t stop fighting to protect our iconic wildlands.

Corporate polluters on public lands & waters.

Craig McCaa/Bureau of Land Management

We’re facing two major threats to our public lands and waters from the Trump administration:

The administration announced a dangerous, illegal plan that includes whittling down the environmental review process, removing opportunities for public comments, and short-circuiting Tribal consultation processes — all to let corporate polluters drill or mine with little oversight, no science, and practically no say from the public.
The Interior Department is reportedly analyzing whether to remove or weaken protections for several of our cherished national monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. This move could allow oil and gas drilling, or copper and uranium mining, in some of our most iconic public places. An attack on one national monument is an attack on all of our public lands.

We won’t ignore this. If Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and the Interior Department are trying to avoid public input, we’ll create our own public outcry.

Tell Secretary Burgum that we won’t stand by while our public lands are auctioned off to corporate polluters!

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Subject Don’t give away our public lands and waters to corporate polluters

Dear Secretary Burgum,

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I urge you to fulfill your agency’s mission to protect our public lands and waters and reverse plans to rush dirty drilling and mining projects.

I am deeply troubled by your plan to whittle down environmental review of energy projects in our public places from a robust, transparent public process, to one that is just 28 days. Tying this to the so-called “National Energy Emergency” declaration is even worse. The U.S. is not in an energy emergency. We’re the world’s leading producer of oil and gas and have been for several years now.

The Interior Department’s plan will leave wildlife, habitat, and sacred cultural sites vulnerable to destruction by disregarding Endangered Species Act and National Historic Preservation Act safeguards. These changes silence the public by slashing public comment windows and short-circuiting Tribal consultation processes, minimizing the role of communities, scientists, and local governments.

Also, potentially removing or weakening protections for iconic national monuments like Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante could allow copper and uranium mining or drilling to operate across our public lands. An attack on one national monument is an attack on all of our public lands.

The nation’s public lands are not assets on “America’s balance sheet.” Please do not consider plans to sell, lease, and otherwise privatize our public lands and waters.

Thank you.

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