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Greenpeace Ordered to Pay $660 Million in Damages
A nine-person jury found Greenpeace responsible last week for inciting illegal behavior against the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline by using anti-pipeline protesters to...
Victory for South Dakota Landowners
For three years, Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) has tried to build a carbon sequestration pipeline through five states - Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Minnesota,...
WOTUS Rule to be Revised Under Trump
Biden’s rule on “waters of the United States” placed tremendous burdens on America’s farmers and ranchers, but the Trump administration is going to revise them to mirror the U.S....
EPA Aims to Kill Climate Change Agenda
President Trump issued an Executive Order on day one called “Power the American Great Comeback.” From this EO, the President gave U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
Endangered Species Act Bill is a Good Start
Here is the big lie about the Endangered Species Act (ESA). It doesn’t really save species. The handful of successful delistings are for species that shouldn’t have been on the...
Climate Science Isn’t So Settled
What if it turns out that reducing emissions actually causes fewer clouds, which then may lead to a warmer atmosphere? Stated differently, what if the cure for global warming is...
The Federal Government’s Abuse of Conservation Easements
Turns out, if you have land next to a property with a conservation easement (CE), you may also be restricted by the CE terms. In May of 2024, Biden’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife...
Carbon Capture Verses Property Rights
The Trump administration, along with the oil and gas industry wish to scale back environmental regulations put into place by the Biden Administration, with one exception – carbon...
CAP Claims Biden Preserved More Land than the Louisiana Purchase
The Center for American Progress (CAP), the progressive group that initiated the 30x30 program, claims Joe Biden protected more lands and waters than the size of the Louisiana...
Trump Unleashes Timber Production With Two E.O.s
On March 1, 2025, President Trump issued the first of two Executive Orders entitled “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production “to improve timber production and sound...
Rule Issued to Strip NEPA Regulations
Regulations issued by the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) are being rescinded by a Trump Executive Order, setting in motion the dismantling of one of environmentalists...
Reducing Federal Land Inventory
During the Vice-Presidential debate, J. D. Vance was asked about affordable housing, and his response fell right in line with what American Stewards has advocated – the reduction...
Bill Filed in Washington State to Tax Cow Flatulence
Washington State is considering a bill that would impose a new tax on dairy farmers and beef producers for their animal’s offensive emissions. House Bill 1630, filed by several...
119th Congress Key Legislation, February 18, 2025
Ending Green Giveaways Act Rep. Mike Flood (R-NE) introduced the “Ending Green Giveaways Act” that “will return unused funds from the $3 billion of taxpayer money allocated to an...
Secretary Rollins Sets New Course for USDA
Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins pledged on day one to “bring greater efficiency to USDA to ensure it better serves American farmers, ranchers, and...
119th Congress Key Legislation February 11, 2025
Reps. Green, Hageman to Refile Bill Stopping Future Natural Asset Companies Reps. Mark Green (TN-07) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) will reintroduced the Protect America’s Lands Act...
Montana Bill to Sunset Conservation Easements Killed
Last week, we reported on SB 209, filed In Montana by Senator Tony Tezak (R-Dist 35) limiting the term for conservation easements in his state so that no easement could be taken...
America (and Canada) Need All Their Land Back In Order To Flourish
Written by Elizabeth Nickson February 8, 2025Temp’s Sovereign Wealth Fund seems like a good idea, depending on who controls it. Trump says the U.S. will, but does that devolve...
119th Congress Key Legislation, February 4, 2025
Harriet Hageman reintroduced three bills last week all protecting private property rights. The first was H.R. 775, the No Net Gain in Federal Lands Act intended to push back...
Tennessee and Montana New Bills Introduced February 4, 2025
Two bills have been filed in Montana and Tennessee concerning conservation easements, something American Stewards has focused on for many years. In Tennessee Senator Jack Johnson...
Trump’s First Property Rights Actions
As promised, the new White House is boldly moving at Trump speed. Already we have seen several key actions taken by Executive Order that rollback the green agenda and advance...
Welcome Back President Trump
Now that the transfer of power has officially taken place in Washington D.C., the work begins to dig out from the decades of environmental degradation of our land and liberties....
Fix Our Forests ACT Needs Fixing
The “Fix Our Forest Act” is scheduled for a House floor vote this week. While it contains key provisions that will usher in better management of our forests, it also prioritizes...
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