ray@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agoWyoming bans conservation bidders from oil and gas lease sales - WyoFilewyofile.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWyoming bans conservation bidders from oil and gas lease sales - WyoFilewyofile.comray@lemmy.ml to Green - An environmentalist community @lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square34fedilink
minus-squareteamevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThis doesn’t stink of shitty lobbying or corruption…does Wyoming get a kick back for what’s mined/drilled after the rights are transferred? Oh they don’t‽ Then why the fuck do they care as long as the check clears.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWyoming has been taken over by billionaires. You can’t just have people buying up land and not destroying it. There is value to extract.
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago does Wyoming get a kick back for what’s mined/drilled after the rights are transferred? As a matter of fact production does get taxed. So 12k up front for the lease is a pittance compared to what the ongoing can bring.
This doesn’t stink of shitty lobbying or corruption…does Wyoming get a kick back for what’s mined/drilled after the rights are transferred? Oh they don’t‽ Then why the fuck do they care as long as the check clears.
Wyoming has been taken over by billionaires. You can’t just have people buying up land and not destroying it. There is value to extract.
As a matter of fact production does get taxed. So 12k up front for the lease is a pittance compared to what the ongoing can bring.