Natural Resources Committee Sells Off Public Lands in the Dead of Night

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – The House Committee on Natural Resources advanced a sweeping set of environmental rollbacks, pushing through provisions that would sell off public lands, expand fossil fuel leasing, and gut bedrock protections.

Following is a reaction from Kabir Green, director of federal affairs for nature at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):

“The Natural Resources Committee's contribution to the House majority's reconciliation bill is an unmitigated environmental disaster—jammed through in the dead of night to bankroll tax cuts for billionaires and serve the oil, coal, and timber industries. For too long, we’ve let polluters endanger communities and destroy public lands to pad their profits. The measure approved last night is an outrageous assault on our public lands and waters—and once the public learns what is in it, they will be just as furious as we are.”

NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health and safeguard nature. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Beijing and Delhi (an office of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd).