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Area activist groups and businesses are seeking to defend the Biden administrationâs pause on federal oil and gas leasing from legal challenges in court.
A coalition of 21 conservation and other groups have filed motions to intervene in lawsuits brought by the state of Wyoming and the Western Energy Alliance to contest the leasing moratorium. Among the groups are the Western Colorado Alliance, the Carbondale-based Wilderness Workshop, Citizens for a Healthy Community in Paonia and the Valley Organic Growers Association in the North Fork Valley.
A handful of companies also have separately moved to intervene to defend the moratorium, including Roan Creek Ranch, Aspen Skiing Co., the Thistle Whistle Farm in Delta County, and Western Spirit Cycling in Moab, Utah.
Taylor McKinnon, Center for Biological Diversity, (801) 300-2414, tmckinnon@biologicaldiversity.org
Courtney Bourgoin, Sierra Club, (248) 214-6682, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org
Liam Kelly, National Parks Conservation Association, (213) 814-8666, lkelly@npca.org
Jeremy Nichols, WildEarth Guardians, (303) 437-7663, jnichols@wildearthguardians.org
Justin Wasser, Earthworks, (202) 753-7016, jwasser@earthworks.org Cheyenne, WY â
Farmers and ranchers, conservation, recreation, and tribal groups filed motions to intervene today to defend the Biden administrationâs pause on federal oil and gas leasing pending the Department of Interiorâs comprehensive review of the program. With this action, the groups seek to defend the leasing pause against two lawsuits filed by Wyoming and the Western Energy Alliance. The coalition argues this is the legal and necessary first step to a long-overdue review of the federal oil and gas leasing and permitting program.Â
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Crocodile tears over open lands?
City Council candidates Green, Haitz, and McCallister are shedding crocodile tears over their âexclusionâ from the Outdoor Recreation Councilâs questionnaire on public lands and recreation issues. As described in the Sentinel article on April 1 ,âcandidates miffed by public lands discourse,â the ORCâs screenshot proves that the questions were mailed to all 8 candidates; only three chose not to respond.
Coincidentally, these are the same three candidates who chose not to participate in two well-attended online forums hosted by Western Colorado Alliance in February and March, even though they were invited repeatedly.
Mr. Green in his response to the Sentinel claims to have 25 years of involvement in public access through âPublic Lands Access Associationâ and âCitizenâs Access for Public Lands.â Google these organizations and youâll find that they have little to do with public lands and recre