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Aug 1Liked by Gabriella Hoffman

Does the overturning of the Chevron Doctrine have any effect on this? I thought the administrative state was not allowed to make rules without the legislative process?

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Yes, with the 2+ lawsuits pending it can be challenged in a post-Chevron doctrine world since Congress - not Bureau of Land Mgmt - crafted and passed FLPMA. So under post-Chevron logic, Congress would/wouldn't change multiple-use management of public lands.

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Nicely done, ma'am. Thank you. "dirty clean energy companies" have been getting a pass for years! For every new standard, there is someone, somewhere out there who is willing to pay to get around it.

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My pleasure! This rule is so brazen in their quest to divorce the U.S. from a true conservationist ethos by forwarding extreme environmental groups and setting aside large swaths of public land for non-uses. The latter would invite a whole host of problems - invasive species, high-intensity wildfires, etc.

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Great sum-up of the issue!

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And thank you for the brilliant blog today!

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