After nearly a decade of litigation, the family of Sidney Longwell may be able to use a Montana oil lease he purchased in 1982. Longwell died in 2020. The 10-square-mile lease is in the Lewis and Clark National Forest in Montana (the forest covers 2,912 square miles). Drilling on the site has been bitterly opposed…
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Manchin-Schumer Agreement on Environmental Reviews May Be in Danger
Democratic senator Joe Manchin voted for the “Inflation Reduction Act” because, in a side deal, Senate Majority Leader Schumer agreed to a later bill (to be brought up this month). Supposedly, that agreement would relax environmental reviews of fossil fuel projects such as Western Virginia’s Mountain Valley Pipeline. But, as we reported earlier, Democrats may…