October 12, 2012
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Weber State University
Shepherd Union Building, room SU 312
Ogden, Utah
An
extreme assault on America’s public lands and environmental laws recently passed in the U.S. House of Representatives. The misnamed “National Security
and Federal Lands Protection Act,” (HR 1505) will waives 16 environmental
laws on federal land along the entire U.S. – Mexico border and the entire U.S. – Canada border. The
lawless zone would extend 100 miles into the United States from the
borders for any activity of the Border Patrol. National Parks from Glacier to Olympic to Big Bend, along with wildlife refuges, wilderness areas, and national forests could see new walls and roads, towers and forward operating bases, with no concern for the environmental impact.
Utah Representative Rob Bishop, author of the bill, has a long history of attacking environmental laws and federal lands.
The Sierra Club's Borderlands Team and the Utah Chapter will present a Borderlands Accountability event at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah to discuss the impacts that border enforcement measures such as border walls have already had, and the tremendous damage that HR 1505 could inflict. Coincidentally, Ogden is in the heart of Representative Bishop's congressional district.
The Department of Homeland Security has not requested either the waivers or carte blanche on protected lands. The “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act” has nothing to do with security. It is simply an assault on environmental laws and federal lands, using national security as a cover.
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