The U.S. government said it was revising how it plans for oil and gas drilling, and other resource activity so some of the focus was put at the front-end. The Bureau of Land Management published an updated rule on how it plans activities on public lands. The BLM manages 10 percent of the land and 30 percent of the subsurface minerals in the country. The agency said it was shifting more of the focus to the front-end of the planning stages so that interested parties could add their voice to the debate early on. The BLM said it takes about 8 years on average to finish a land use plan. “Too often, by the time we’ve completed a plan, […]