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  PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK OUT AND PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS  AS OUR SHARED INHERITANCE! America’s public lands belong to all of us -- and it’s time to take them back. They are not line items on a ledger. They are not commodities to be tallied and traded for short-term gain. When Interior Secretary Doug Burgum suggests treating public lands as part of the  nation’s financial “balance sheet, ”  he reduces living ecosystems -- wildlife habitat, clean water sources, and irreplaceable landscapes -- into assets, as if they exist to be monetized rather than protected. Public lands are held in trust for the American people , not managed as inventory to be liquidated. Their value cannot be captured in GDP or extracted through drilling and mining without consequence. Once degraded, these lands do not simply “recover” on a quarterly timeline, and the damage can last for generations. The nomination of Steve Pearce  to lead the Bureau of Land Management raises serio...

  While the Trump administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) claims to be cutting waste, the reality about what they are doing to our environment is far worse. They aren’t just trimming budgets: they are firing scientists and taking a wrecking ball to the agencies that keep us safe. It recently came to light that DOGE effectively muzzled a critical drilling watchdog in Alaska (which couldn’t come at a worse time as Trump is expanding oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge!) We need your help to fight back against these cuts to programs that protect our environment and keep us safe! Will you please rush in a donation right now to help our SEEC Members keep up the fight in Congress? This news comes after a top federal safety regulator for offshore drilling in Alaska issued a dire warning: his office lacks the staffing to oversee even existing oil and gas operations. This isn’t about efficiency. It’s about removing the "referees" so their allies in the fossil fuel ...