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Please relate the events and circumstances of this article to the
shires and counties across the length and breadth of England’s green and
pleasant lands, to farmlands towns, villages, and beauty spots near
you. Write to your councillor and your MP. This is neither a one man
campaign nor a crusade but a must for everyone to defend their home and
land from foreign intrusion detrimental to natural resources, amenities,
and most of all the health and well-being of all. Gordon.
Lauren Petrie, Food & Water Watch
For most people, the image of a fracking
rig is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when they think
about public lands. In Colorado, we think of rushing rivers, majestic
mountains, colorful wildflowers, and fish and wildlife. But a new Bureau
of Land Management (BLM) Resource Management Plan (RMP) could open
nearly 7 million acres of BLM-managed federal mineral estate in eastern
Colorado to fracking—with little input or oversight from the very
Colorado residents who stand to lose the most if the BLM allows the
extreme oil and gas extraction process on these lands. If the agency’s
plans for Colorado follow a pattern that’ splayed out in RMPs elsewhere in the western U.S., fracking is most assuredly on the table.
A new plan from the Bureau of Land Management could open nearly 7 million acres of public land in eastern Colorado to fracking. Photo credit: Shutterstock
This
week in Colorado, the BLM launched a scoping process—a “big picture”
project evaluation designed to inform the public and solicit feedback
before the agency drafts the RMP for Colorado’s Front Range. Sadly,
BLM’s public process seems fatally flawed from the start.
The seven scheduled hearings
are far removed from the majority of Coloradans who will be affected by
the new plans. For example, the BLM failed to schedule a scoping
hearing in Denver, the state’s most