"Hunters are being forced to travel further and further to find resources and to avoid hunting grounds now dominated by industry."
"Oil and gas development exacerbates all of these threats."
"Rolling back these protections puts far too much at risk."
"The climate crisis is not only here, but will grow more catastrophic without rapid and deep cuts to greenhouse gas pollution."
"Some say this is necessary for domestic energy production and energy security, but I remind my colleagues that the lease sales were quite a disappointment compared to the original estimates of revenue..."
"Yet, as we heard earlier in your testimony today, many modern coal mines are going un-reclaimed."
"This is a responsibility of mines and private companies that inflict this damage, and it is yet another example of the ways in which these large companies often privatize benefits and profits, and soc..."
"Thank you, Mr."
"Coal mining has, and much of the abandonment of these mines, has left a toxic legacy of contaminated soil, polluted waters, and public health disasters across the country."
"Congress made its intention clear in the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act that the abandoned coal mine land reclamation funding should create good paying jobs for displaced coal workers and inc..."
"True energy and economic security will come when we create an equitable, clean energy economy that puts communities first and ends our reliance on this global extractive industry."