{"id":1292,"date":"2005-06-17T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-17T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/06\/17\/federal-land-under-the-gun\/"},"modified":"2005-06-17T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-17T16:01:00","slug":"federal-land-under-the-gun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/federal-land-under-the-gun\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Land Under the Gun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From the Aspen <em>Times News<\/em> via Ranger Bob, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/article\/20050613\/NEWS\/106130016\">a report<\/a> on how the Forest Service (and other land agencies, according to RB) are feeling the heat from oil and gas companies wanting to take advantage of the Bush administration&#8217;s generous offerings to drill on public lands.  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