'To protect our climate, we have to start keeping coal in the ground,' says wildearthguard's JeremyJNichols1. 'Today's ruling is a major step forward in that direction.' KeepItInTheGround
fossil fuel drilling permits on public and tribal lands at a faster rate than Trump or Obama.
"The 'status quo' that existed before the Zinke order was a moratorium on coal leasing," Morris added,"because the baseline alternative must consider the status quo, BLM was required to begin its analysis from that point.""This order marks a big win for our public lands and climate future," Taylor McKinnon at the Center for Biological Diversity
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