Interior Secretary Doug Burgum wants to marshal his agency to speed production of oil and gas on public lands, cut regulations and “right-size” national monuments, according to a draft strategic plan viewed by POLITICO’s E&E News. The draft document calls for targeting “our National assets for the benefit of the American people” by, among other things, increasing development of “clean coal, oil, and gas” with “faster and easier permitting.” Interior aspires to “streamline processes,” with the goal of also ramping up “revenues from grazing, timber, critical minerals, gravel and other non-energy resources.” 

Other DOI news:

• WyoFile: Leaked federal roadmap for public land called ‘industry wish list’
• Bloomberg Law: Interior outlines sweeping plan to drill, divest federal lands
• The Salt Lake Tribune: Trump admin chose to ‘streamline’ permitting for a Utah mining project
• Mining.com: US greenlights rare earth mine next to Mountain Pass in California
• The Land Desk: Blog: Interior eviscerates public land protections, fast-tracks mining, drilling
• Outside Magazine: Opinion: Public lands are under attack. State leaders should protect them.