Utilizing federal public lands for energy independence was the main focus of the Department of Interior section of Project 2025.
Each day this week, Next with Kyle Clark will take an in-depth look at how America’s choice for president will impact Colorado.The outdoors is an escape. Scenery, recreation, and perhaps, the subtle sound of drill baby drill. Former Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William Perry Pendley wrote the Department of Interior section.
“I don't think there's any question that President Biden's abuse of the Antiquities Act to create more national monuments in the west over the objection of rural westerners is going to be an issue for President Trump coming in,” Pendley said. “They ought to be created by acts of Congress because it ensures bipartisanship and ensures that all the people have a place at the table.”“The Biden administration has totally redefined the word ‘conservation,"' Pendley said.
“If you're a hunter, having motorized vehicles or ATVs running through the middle of the National Monument, disrupting the big game habitat that's there, or if you're a hiker or backpacker or anyone else who isn't on a motorized vehicle, you're going to potentially be impacted by that access,” Lien said. “If anything, we need to protect more habitat in order to help us manage all of those potential impacts better.
Tafoya was concerned about what would happen to historically marginalized communities if Trump followed through and canceled clean energy programs that move industries away from fossil fuels.