By BEN LEFEBVRE and ELIANA JOHNSON as published on Politico.com The news comes just a day after Trump told reporters that word on Zinke’s fate may come ‘in about a week.’ Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has been exploring potential roles with Fox News, the energy industry or other […]
“We’ve already seen Zinke put politics over science in Endangered Species Act decisions, from the Pacific walrus in Alaska to boreal toads in Colorado,” WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Trump administration today to expose a secretive program that denies Endangered Species Act protection to imperiled […]
By NICK JULIANO and BEN LEFEBVRE as published on Politico “Da Dinky Zinke continues to sink further and further into the quagmire of government corruption…” A man who appeared drunk and was staying at Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s house impersonated the secretary and then called U.S. Park Police […]
By Olivia Rosane, EcoWatch The Department of Interior’s (DOI) Office of Inspector General (OIG) is currently running three ethics investigations of Zinke One of the Department of Interior’s (DOI) internal watchdog investigations into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke‘s behavior while in office has been referred to the Justice Department, which only […]
By Juliet Elperin, Josh Dawsy and Lisa Rein as published on The Washington Post “…administration officials’ concerns have intensified as allegations have grown against Zinke” The White House is growing increasingly concerned about allegations of misconduct against Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to two senior administration officials, and […]
Source: Western Values Project “…no one is above the law and Secretary Zinke needs to be held accountable for any wrongdoing or misconduct.” The Department of Interior’s Office of Inspector General has referred an investigation into Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to the Department of Justice (DOJ), CNN reports. […]
Source: Center for Biological Diversity “Our public universities are meant to work for the common good, not for corporate profit,” SALT LAKE CITY— A new Koch-funded research center at Utah State University is taking over the work of a private anti-public-lands think tank, leveraging the public university’s name […]
http://wildhorsefreedomfederation.org/news-alerts/department-of-the-interior-requests-massive-destruction-of-records/ SOURCE: altgov2.org (We are posting excerpts from the great work altgov2.org is doing to inform the public about government transparency issues.) A QUICK OVERVIEW: The Department of the Interior has made a massive request to National Archives Records Administration (NARA) to schedule records destruction across all of its agencies. […]
By Laura Singleton The Independent HEBER/OVERGAARD — Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (ASNF) representatives are still unable to comment on the investigation into two dead horses found between Oct. 11 — 13 off of Forest Service Roads 50 in the ASNF. “There is no press release because the Forest Service […]
By Nate Hegyi as published on WyomingPublicMedia.org Since taking power at the U.S. Interior Department last year, Secretary Ryan Zinke has been the subject of more than a dozen investigations by the DOI’s Office of Inspector General. Some are ongoing and the latest report was released Monday… It […]
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