After years of activism by the “keep it in the ground” movement, almost every Democratic presidential candidate, including Biden, vowed to end new fossil fuel leasing on federal lands. (Sammy Roth / Los Angeles Times)Similarly, new leases are just one piece of the public lands puzzle. And what about the millions of acres of public lands where coal, oil and gas are currently being extracted? The Biden administration is likely to take a different approach. Rob Bishop (R-Utah), a longtime opponent of public lands protections whose long congressional tenure is now coming to an end, the Salt Lake Tribune’s Lee Davidson reports.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2020 14:02 UTC