Move comes as administration seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land<\/p>\n
The interior department is canceling a rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as Donald Trump\u2019s administration eases restrictions on industries and seeks to boost drilling, logging, mining and grazing on taxpayer-owned land.<\/p>\n
The 2024 rule adopted under former president Joe Biden was meant to refocus the interior department\u2019s Bureau of Land Management, which oversees about 10% of land in the US. It allowed public property to be leased for restoration in the same way that oil companies lease land for drilling.<\/p>\n
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