One of the backers behind monetizing natural processes is the largest investment firm in the world, BlockRock. Earlier this year, they released a commentary that notes taxes on...
BlackRock Continues its March to Monetize Nature
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Gov. Newsom’s About Face on Environmental Regs
Governor Gavin Newsome required his State Assembly to pass two bills - AB 130 and SB 131 to address California’s housing crisis. He made their passage a condition for signing...
The Oil Tycoon and the Philosopher Threatening Big Oil’s Carbon Capture Plans
In a Wall Street Journal story published June 28, the carbon capture issue has become a contentious battle amongst oil titans. On the “opposed” side, both Ben “Bud” Brigham and...
Environmentalists Keep 30×30 Land Acquisition Gains
Senate: On Saturday night, Senator Lee withdrew his federal land sales provision from the budget reconciliation bill. Concerns that the lands would be sold to China, Blackrock...
Perpetuity is Not Working
Back in April, Congresswomen Harriet Hageman (R-WY) and Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) introduced the Landowner Easement Rights Act that limits the term of a conservation easement to 30...
Texas Restricts Foreign Ownership of Land
Texas has enacted legislation, effective September 1, 2025, that imposes sweeping restrictions on the purchase or acquisition of real property by certain foreign individuals,...
Rolling Back 30×30 by Reducing the Federal Land Inventory
As reported in last week’s Liberty Matters, Senator Mike Lee from Utah included in the Senate’s FY25 Budget Reconciliation Bill, President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” an...
N.J. Family’s Land Being Taken by Eminent Domain
The Cranberry Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey voted unanimously in May to approve a plan to acquire through eminent domain Andy Henry’s family farm to meet...
Florida Legislators Come to Their Senses
The Florida legislature finally came to their senses last week and approved budget cuts to Governor DeSantis’ flagship conservation land acquisition program known as “Florida...
USDA is Rescinding the 2001 Roadless Rule
In response to President Trump’s Executive Order 14192, Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation, the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced on Monday USDA is...
Chairman Lee Adds Provision to Reduce Federal Land Inventory
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) added an amendment to the “One Big Beautiful Bill” that would sell off between 2.2 and 3.3 million acres of the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest...
White House Counsel Sets Stage for President to Revoke National Monuments
What appears to be the beginning process to rescind or reduce the size of national monuments was launched last week in a legal memorandum by Counsel to the President. The...
Iowa Landowners and Local Governments Lose Against Summit
Last week both Governor Kim Reynolds and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC (Summit) allowing their carbon capture pipeline to be built...
Federal Failures, Kansas Consequences: The Quivira Water Grab
By Tracey Barton - Executive Director, Kansas Natural Resource Coalition When the federal government threatens to seize private farmland to fix its own mistakes, Kansas counties...
Third Chinese Citizen Arrested for Smuggling Biological Materials into U.S.
On Monday, June 9th, a third arrest of a Chinese citizen smuggling biological materials into the United States was announced by the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorney from the...
SCOTUS Limits Agency Environmental Reviews
In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court last Thursday issued a landmark decision that limits the authority of federal judges to block infrastructure projects based on potential...
Rescinding the Definition of “Harm” Under the Endangered Species Act
Rob Gordon, Advisor to CFACT, writes how the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s definition of harm needs to be eliminated. He also submitted comments on behalf of CFACT (Committee For A...
30×30 Conservation Welfare Programs Remain in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”
While the House bill makes significant cuts to the green new deal agenda, including eliminating pro carbon sequestration pipeline language, the final bill failed to cut one of...
Interior Department Seeks Public Input on Repealing Public Lands and Natural Resources Rules
The Department of Interior (DOI) announced on May 16, they are asking for public comments to “identify outdated, overly complex or burdensome regulations.” It’s all a part of...
Defeating Carbon Pipeline in South Dakota May be Revived by Congress’ Reconciliation Bill
Earlier this year, ASL reported in Liberty Matters how the landowners won a major victory over Summit Carbon Solutions and the carbon sequestration pipeline they intended to...
Tennessee Governor Revives and Passes Land Preservation Act
For nearly 30 years, American Stewards has fought against the use of conservation easements to lure unsuspecting landowners into relinquishing their private property rights. Last...
New Release: The Muleshoe Land Grab Video
We have just released a new video that tells the story of the Muleshoe Wildlife Refuge expansion – an attempt to federalize 700,000 private land acres in Texas and New Mexico....
Legislation Filed to Remove Two Species from the ESA List
Legislation filed in Congress will remove the lesser prairie chicken and the dunes sagebrush lizard from the Endangered Species list freeing up energy and agricultural producers...
Point Reyes Land Grab by TNC
A lawsuit brought by environmental groups, including The Nature Conservancy (TNC), has forced 12 ranching families off the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) in northern...
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