Land Bill’s Passage Signals GOP Shift on Conservation

Land Bill’s Passage Signals GOP Shift on Conservation

Land Bill’s Passage Signals GOP Shift on Conservation

By / Politics / Monday, 18 February 2019 01:47

Privatization and devolution were once central planks in the Republican Party platform on federal lands, but the Senate's 92-8 vote for a sprawling conservation package that carried broad GOP support appears to signal a shift in the party's public stance.

For decades, Republican lawmakers openly called for handing federal control of public lands to state and local agencies, which they said would restore the country's natural wilderness to the residents who live closest to it. Environmental and conservation groups, by contrast, warned that such a move would grant the oil, gas and coal sectors far greater influence over regulators and policy makers. Whether because of rising alarm over climate change or other factors, concerns about conservation now seem to hold sway.

 

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