The U.S. House of Representatives voted late Wednesday to rescind resource management plans on 29 million acres of resource-rich public lands in Montana, Alaska, and North Dakota, an action that likely paves the way for wide-scale energy development but could result in years of chaotic litigation.⁠ ⁠ A trio of joint resolutions led by House Republicans nullified what are called Resource Management Plans, or RMPs: agency guidelines developed through years of public input and technical evaluations that govern everything from road access to grazing permits to drilling for oil and mining for minerals. These management plans typically direct agency priorities over 15 to 20 years. The House tapped a rarely-used tool, the Congressional Review Act, as the basis to repeal the established agency rules. Votes to nullify the resource management plans fell mainly along party lines, with all but one Republican voting to repeal the rules.⁠ ⁠ Tap the link in profile for the full story 🔗⁠ ⁠ #publiclan...