Adam Federman

Reporting Fellow @typeinvestigate. Author of Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray.

Find me on Signal at adamfederman.23

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

Alan Davidson’s bright red suitcase containing correspondence with Patience Gray and drafts of Honey from a Weed. Stored in a barn in Northumbria.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

In 2021 RFK Jr @SecKennedy called for permanently protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. On Friday the Trump admin will hold another lease sale in the coastal plain--the first of four over the next decade--offering up the maximum amount of land for oil & gas drilling.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

where is RFK Jr now? @SecKennedy

[Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr]

Agreed! “There is so much more to do to protect these lands for future generations.” #TheDefender #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge

https://t.co/oh3gZMNKC4

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

where are the TikTok influencers when you really need them? #ArcticNationalWildlifeRefuge

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

In the eyes of this administration, Renée Good and Alex Pretti were "civil terrorists."

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

Among all of the Orwellian phrases turned out by this admin, and its far-right allies, “civil terrorism” might be the most chilling. @awinston
https://t.co/K2kshDGtsu

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

The economic and reputational costs of drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge make it unappealing to most industry players. It's only the bottom feeders who want in on the action.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

@pattmlatimes Not so easy. B/c the lease sales are mandated by congress, & the Biden admin did a supplemental enviro impact statement, it will be very difficult to roll back. The biggest liability will likely be lack of industry interest & fact that most development is taking place to the west

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

What is so disturbing about this is that it's already been operationalized in the shootings of Alex Pretti and Renée Good.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

Among all of the Orwellian phrases turned out by this admin, and its far-right allies, “civil terrorism” might be the most chilling. @awinston
https://t.co/K2kshDGtsu

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

Link:

https://t.co/ZnJMr7NDVD

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

🚨BLM will be live streaming the Arctic Wildlife Refuge oil/gas lease sale on Fri. at 10amAKST/2pmEST. Folks should really tune in en masse. (A) It's good TV. (B) These are YOUR public lands & you should have a front row seat as the refuge is auctioned off to the highest bidder.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

And it was none other than Frank Murkowski who advocated for the state stepping in to buy up leases, even though there were legal questions about whether it should be permitted to do so, given that Alaska receives half of the $$$ from bids.
https://t.co/XzTzJNGRzB

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

1st refuge lease sale on Jan. 6, 2021: no major industry bidders. State of Alaska, through its development corporation, snatches up leases. Auction seen as total bust.

2nd lease sale: no bidders!

3rd lease sale is this Friday: Will any of the oil majors get in on the action?

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

@borrowNOTrent @JenelleComedy @Interior @lisamurkowski Trump of course signed it and then bragged about achieving something that even Ronald Reagan had been unable to accomplish

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

This Friday @Interior will hold an oil/gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, one of the largest undeveloped landscapes in North America. This is the first of at least four before 2035.
https://t.co/wb0MYIsxBu

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

@borrowNOTrent @JenelleComedy @Interior we know who's responsible for this. @lisamurkowski wrote the provision opening the coastal plain to oil/gas leasing included in the 2017 Tax Cuts/Jobs Act, under the false pretext that it would raise billions in revenue for the treasury. that's how it ended up in reconciliation

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

Jimmy Carter, who championed wilderness protection in Alaska, called the coastal plain "America's Serengeti." Had he not been a lame duck when ANILCA was passed and signed, it's likely that the carve out allowing oil/gas leasing in the refuge would not have been included.

[Alaska Wilderness League @alaskawild]

To be clear: the Arctic Refuge coastal plain is the most biologically sensitive part of the refuge. It's where polar bears den and the Porcupine caribou herd gives birth. No amount of oil justifies what drilling would do to this place.

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

also worth remembering that the entire basis for opening the refuge to oil/gas leasing--that it would raise billions in revenue for the treasury--has proven to be false
https://t.co/9kRVbb6GQy

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

just a reminder of how the science and enviro review process for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was handled the first time around
https://t.co/XviUNdSYSz

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

@MNebezar @Interior it's been a longstanding goal for the Alaska delegation essentially since the refuge was created in 1980. There was a carve out in the legislation that allowed congress to open the coastal plain to oil/gas leasing & exploration. Finally happened in 2017 thx to @lisamurkowski

[Adam Federman @adamfederman]

the future of farming