Follow up to post Santa Fe Co. Board of County Commissioners (BCC) Meeting with Oil & Gas Update:
The presentation was basically the same as the one presented to the CRDC, except the Surface Owners Protection Act (SOPA) was not mentioned, which is a legislative act that gives surface owners some recourse. The surface owner would likely have to hire an attorney to enact the protections under SOPA. For more information, go to OGAP’s website at ogap.org.
After the presentation, it was mentioned to Dr. Freilich that as part of the Oil & Gas Amendments to the Land Use Code and the Galisteo Growth Management Plan, to please consider adding environmental impact studies to analyze the greenhouse gas emissions of projects.California
Recently, Common Ground United, Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil and Gas Accountability Project, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action, and WildEarth Guardians protested the BLM August 26, 2008 lease sale for the states of Montana and North Dakota totaling 25,274.06 acres based on the BLM’s failure to address global warming and climate change and the adverse consequences of this failure (click here for protest letter).
The presentation was basically the same as the one presented to the CRDC, except the Surface Owners Protection Act (SOPA) was not mentioned, which is a legislative act that gives surface owners some recourse. The surface owner would likely have to hire an attorney to enact the protections under SOPA. For more information, go to OGAP’s website at ogap.org.
After the presentation, it was mentioned to Dr. Freilich that as part of the Oil & Gas Amendments to the Land Use Code and the Galisteo Growth Management Plan, to please consider adding environmental impact studies to analyze the greenhouse gas emissions of projects.
Recently, Common Ground United, Defenders of Wildlife, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Oil and Gas Accountability Project, Rocky Mountain Clean Air Action, and WildEarth Guardians protested the BLM August 26, 2008 lease sale for the states of Montana and North Dakota totaling 25,274.06 acres based on the BLM’s failure to address global warming and climate change and the adverse consequences of this failure (click here for protest letter).
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