Trump Administration Offers 195,000 Nevada Acres for Fracking

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 15/06/2017 - 6:00am

Environmental Groups

Despite legal protests from conservation groups, the Bureau of Land Management is auctioning off 195,732 acres (304 square miles) of public lands in Nevada today for fossil fuel development. The BLM dismissed the protests on Tuesday, ignoring or downplaying legal and environmental concerns about fracking impacts to public lands, surface and groundwater, wildlife and the climate.