The Coffman Chronicle

The Coffman Chronicle

The Public Land Fire Sale: Trump’s Blueprint for Corporate Extraction

Millions of acres. Zero accountability. All profit.

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Marie Riverton
Apr 27, 2025
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When a government moves this fast, it’s rarely for the public good.

Over the past three weeks, the Trump administration has signed a flurry of executive orders unlocking millions of acres of public land, reviving coal as a "critical mineral," fast-tracking deep-sea mining, and opening once-protected marine reserves and national forests to commercial expl…

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