Opinion | Oil and Gas Companies Keep Taking From Taxpayers. And Taking. - The New York Times

... As senators from different parties, we have our share of policy differences. But we both believe in sticking up for the public interest and the taxpayer. In this case, we agree that oil and gas companies should pay fair market value for the public resources they extract and sell. They aren't doing that now — not even close — and the American public is the big loser...

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/opinion/oil-gas-companies-public-land.html

Trump’s pick for managing federal lands doesn’t believe the government should have any - The Washington Post

William Perry Pendley favors opening up federal lands to mining, oil exploration, grazing and recreation
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trumps-pick-for-managing-federal-lands-doesnt-believe-the-government-should-have-any/2019/07/31/0bc1118c-b2cf-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html

Trump to allow 'outrageous' gold rush-style grab of public lands to begin in less than 48 hours -- Raw Story

Despite protests from conservationists, local tribe leaders, Democratic lawmakers, and even the United Nations' expert on indigenous rights, at 6am on Friday the Trump administration will allow citizens and companies to start staking claims on sections of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments in Utah so the new stakeholders can conduct hard rock mining on the formerly protected lands. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/trump-allow-outrageous-gold-rush-style-grab-public-lands-begin-less-48-hours/

Leaked Documents Reveal the Trump Administration's Plan to Sell off Our Public Lands -- Mother Jones

President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke have repeatedly said they oppose selling off federal lands. ....
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2018/01/leaked-documents-reveal-the-trump-administrations-plan-to-sell-off-our-public-lands/

'The President Stole Your Land,' outdoor gear company Patagonia takes a big swing at Trump -- CNBC

Patagonia, an American outdoor clothing and gear retailer, slammed President Donald Trump after he announced plans to shrink two Utah national monuments. ....
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/12/04/the-president-stole-your-land-outdoor-gear-company-patagonia-takes-a-big-swing-at-trump.html

Following The Bundy Acquittal, Militia Followers Emboldened To Refuse Government's Right To Land

The surprise acquittal of Ammon Bundy and six other militants who occupied a bird sanctuary in Oregon last January has emboldened the movement's militia followers, who claim the federal government has no right to own public land.

"We're fighting for our freedoms, for our rights to keep our Constitution," said defendant Shawna Cox, outside a federal court in Portland last week....
http://www.npr.org/2016/11/04/500506710/bundy-militia-not-backing-down-following-oregon-trial-acquittal?ft=nprml&f=1001

Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his terrifying climate policy

On Thursday, Donald Trump spoke before an audience full of natural gas and energy industry leaders — and the message was exactly the same as his economic policy proposal from last week: fewer environmental regulations and more land available to fossil fuel companies.

“We need an America-First energy plan,” Trump said. “This means opening federal lands for oil and gas production; opening offshore areas; and revoking policies that are imposing unnecessary restrictions on innovative new exploration technologies.”

If elected president, Trump has pledged to revoke both the Clean Power Plan and President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the cornerstones of Obama’s domestic climate agenda, and important signals to the international community of the United States’ commitment to climate action....
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-energy-speech-pennsylvania-4bdb2314965e#.7jald2j3g