New DOI 4-Year Strategic Plan Maximizes Fossil Extraction From Public Lands

"A leaked draft of the US Department of Interior’s four-year strategic plan calls for massive fossil fuel extraction from public lands, with no mention of climate change impacts.

The document was leaked to Adam Federman, a reporting fellow with the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute.

“The heart of the blueprint ... is oil and gas drilling, and the speeding up of everything that goes into opening up public lands for development,” Federman explains. “It's also important to note that this is happening against the backdrop of an aggressive regulatory rollback.”

The strategic plan makes no mention of climate change or climate science. Federman finds this odd, considering that “the realities of climate change are really front and center for the Department of the Interior.”"

Adam Wernick reports for WBFO/NPR November 26, 2017.

SEE ALSO:

Draft: "Strategic Plan For Fiscal Years 2018 – 2022" (Interior Department)

"Exclusive: The Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Its Strategic Plan" (The Nation)

"The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness" (The Nation)