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Utah Republicans battle Biden admin’s new Public Lands Rule, pass Rep. Curtis’ bill in U.S. House

Utah’s all-Republican congressional delegation is trying to block a rule that would put conservation on equal footing with commercial uses on public lands.

(Rick Bowmer | Associated Press) A pumpjack dips its head to extract oil in a basin north of Helper in 2023. Utah's Republican representatives in Washington, D.C. want to pass legislation that will block a recent Bureau of Land Management rule from going into effect, which they say threatens to curb profitable commercial uses of public lands, like oil production.