"The issue of what to do with the hundreds of millions of acres of federally controlled lands usually does not get much attention in presidential elections — despite the vastness of the U.S. government’s holdings.
But the 2020 contest for the Democratic nomination seems to be different.
Already, a number of liberal lawmakers, mostly from the Northeast and West Coast, have begun calling for an end to leasing parcels of Western land to coal miners and oil and natural gas drillers."
Dino Grandoni reports for the Washington Post April 25, 2019.
SEE ALSO:
"Trump Administration Plans To Open 1 Million Acres In California To Oil Drilling" (HuffPost)
"Green New Deal Activists Make First 2020 Endorsement In Wildfire-Burned California" (HuffPost)
"North American Drilling Boom Threatens Big Blow To Climate Efforts, Study Finds" (Guardian)
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