Public Lands Outlook Under Trump to Face ‘Copious Litigation’

Nov. 7, 2024, 6:49 PM UTC

The second Trump administration’s federal lands agenda is widely expected to promote fossil fuels development and reverse Biden administration conservation efforts, moves environmental groups say they’ll litigate at every opportunity.

Though President-elect Donald Trump disavowed the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, his new administration is expected to take cues from its approach to public lands and natural resources development, and he repeatedly said on the campaign trail that he’d promote oil drilling.

The degree to which the Trump administration will rely on Project 2025 for its public lands agenda is unclear, “but there is much to commend about the policies ...

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