Biden admin eco rule curbing oil drilling, mining faces widespread opposition
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Recently-proposed Biden administration regulations targeting traditional uses of public lands such as mining and oil drilling is facing widespread opposition.
"What you've got now is BLM trying to shove through another overarching, sweeping rule that's not supported by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act," Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen told Fox News Digital in an interview. "They're trying to argue that conservation now somehow fits within the definition of uses under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and trying to do it by rule." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"It's just flagrantly in violation of federal law. But they're trying to do it on the sly," he continued. "They can't get done what they want done in Congress and through the Senate, so they try to do it via rule."