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Target: Secretary Zinke Action: Click here to submit your comments to Secretary Zinke Key Messages: More than $330 million worth of natural gas is wasted on public and tribal lands each year. Taxpayers could lose out on $800 million in royalties over the next decade because of venting and flaring natural gas, according to a Western Values Project report. This doesn’t include leaks. 75% of registered voters in Western states support cutting natural gas waste on public lands, according to a 2017 poll by Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project. Major western papers love it. [...]

Target: Secretary Ryan Zinke Action: Submit your comments below Deadline: June 20, 2018 It’s hard to imagine a place more special or deserving of being left on its own than the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), Unfortunately, the Department of Interior has began the process of opening the Coastal Plain of the Arctic Refuge to oil and gas leasing. The information gathered during this first comment period will inform the final decision on whether to open the Refuge to oil and gas leasing. Please take action now to protect the Arctic. 1. Enter your information, [...]