Trump Cancels Biden Conservation Rule on Public Lands

The Interior Department has scrapped a 2024 Biden-era rule that placed conservation on equal legal footing with commercial exploitation of public lands, clearing the way for expanded drilling, logging, mining, and grazing. The Bureau of Land Management oversees roughly 245 million acres of taxpayer-owned land, and the rule's removal signals a fundamental shift in how that territory will be managed. Environmental groups are expected to challenge the move in court.