Senate revokes Obama federal land-planning rule

[Wingnut]

 

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday revoked a rule that aimed to give the public more input into federal land management decisions, the latest move by the Republican-led Congress to undo Obama administration environmental regulations it sees as a burden.

The Senate voted 51-48 to approve a resolution to repeal the Bureau of Land Management’s Resource Management Planning rule, known as BLM 2.0, finalized in December by the Obama administration.

The rule updated the 30-year process the agency followed when developing land-use plans across the 245 million acres of federal land it manages.

Senators who voted to revoke the rule, such as Republican Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said it diluted local authority over decisions about how to use land for grazing, energy and mineral development and recreation, and gave outside voices an outsized say in local matters.

Supporters, such as the energy committee's top Democrat, Senator Maria Cantwell of Washington, said the rule modernized the existing BLM process to make it more transparent.

“When it comes to public lands, we want transparency, we want sunshine, we want a bottom-up approach when it comes to land management,” Cantwell said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-congress-publicland-idUSKBN16E2UZ?il=0

[GtHawk]

“When it comes to public lands, we want transparency, we want sunshine, we want a bottom-up approach when it comes to land management,” Cantwell said.

That's always the way with democrats, whatever they always want to bring the sh*t up from the bottom to the top to envelop everything in their stink.

[Smokin Joe]

“When it comes to public lands, we want transparency, we want sunshine, we want a bottom-up approach when it comes to land management,” Cantwell said.

That's always the way with democrats, whatever they always want to bring the sh*t up from the bottom to the top to envelop everything in their stink.

That way the Soros brigades can show up with a shantytown in tow and burn dump trucks on bridges and block the main road and abandon puppies to save the environment.