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  • Oil and gas is a major industry in Wyoming, but its production also impedes wildlife, limits recreational opportunities and harms the climate, according to public lands advocates.
    Western Advocates Call to Reform Oil and Gas Leasing System as Legal Battle Intensifies
    Will Walkey
    The U.S. Interior Department announced this month that oil and gas leasing will resume on federal lands. It’s the latest update in a legal tug-of-war between the Biden administration and the fossil fuel industry over the president’s pause on the federal leasing program, which he enacted almost immediately after taking office. Regardless of who the courts end up siding with, though, many advocates across the west say the entire system of federal energy development is in desperate need of reform. Will Walkey from KHOL in Jackson, Wyoming has more.