On Wednesday evening, the Trump administration unveiled emergency permitting procedures to fast-track oil, gas and mining projects on federal public lands – sharply curtailing public participation and environmental review.| The Wilderness Society
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 15, 2025)—According to New York Times and Washington Post reporting, the Trump administration has rescinded the proclamations that established two national monuments totaling nearly a million acres in California: Chuckwalla National Monument, near Joshua Tree National Park, and Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, just northeast of Mount Shasta. | The Wilderness Society
The White House posted a pair of rescission notices signaling the administration’s intent to begin rolling back two key Biden administration conservation rules: the BLM Conservation and Landscape Health Rule (or Public Lands Rule) and the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations.| The Wilderness Society
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at boosting the mining and processing of minerals, including rushing the approval of mining applications, reducing opportunities for public input and directing the Department of the Interior to produce a list of public lands where mining should be prioritized as a “primary” use.| The Wilderness Society
A new map and data from The Wilderness Society illustrate the potential reach of executive and secretarial orders issued to fulfill President Trump’s fossil fuel-centric “energy dominance” vision.| The Wilderness Society
A budget reconciliation bill was passed by the House with provisions that force reckless oil and gas leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and on other public lands and dramatically expand mining and logging.| The Wilderness Society
In the first few weeks, the Trump Administration has wasted no time advancing a dangerous fossil fuel agenda that prioritizes oil and gas profits over the health and wellbeing of communities and public lands. These actions ignore the realities of the climate crisis, and the needs of the communities most impacted. They won’t lower energy prices for consumers and they also disregard and target the two fastest growing energy sources in the United States: wind and solar. | The Wilderness Society
The internal document calls for opening new lands to oil and gas drilling, coal mining and other uses. It does not mention climate change once.| www.publicdomain.media
The Trump administration is moving to gut public lands. Millions of acres of outdoor recreation areas, critical wildlife habitat and important archaeological and cultural sites are now at risk.| act.wilderness.org
