Obama’s Massive Land Grab Has Alaska Furious: ‘We Will Fight Back’ Written by Reid Rosenthal on January 30, 2015 · Have a comment? President Obama announced Sunday that his administration plans to lock up the oil-rich 1.5 million acre Arctic National Wildlife Refuge coastal plain and offshore areas in Alaska from oil and gas exploration. Obama is asking Congress to designate 12 million acres of ANWR as a “wilderness” to keep it off-limits to development, despite widespread Native Alaskan support […] Continue reading here »
EPA Making Move for ‘Biggest Land Grab in the History of the World’ Written by Reid Rosenthal on April 30, 2014 · Have a comment? Published: 04/15/2014 at 9:27 PM WASHINGTON – In a move lawmakers and farmers are calling “the biggest land grab in the history of the world,” the Environmental Protection Agency is requesting jurisdiction over all public and private streams in the United States that are “intermittent, seasonal and rain-dependent.” The EPA and the U.S. Army Corps […] Continue reading here »