Aaron WeissMedia Director | Center for Western Priorities | Twitter: @aweiss Ryan Zinke’s claims of ignorance are undermined by his own emails Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is attempting to deflect attention from the growing scandal around a development deal involving him, his wife Lola, and David Lesar, the chairman […]
Update from RTF By a vote of 92-6, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday handed a win to wild and domestic horses by approving a Fiscal Year 2019 “mini-bus” appropriations package that included protective language for wild horses and burros as well as an anti-slaughter provision. Our work is […]
by Tim Pierce as published on TennesseeStar.com “Stupid knows no bounds!” The Department of the Interior (DOI) is scrapping an Obama-era policy mandating energy companies mitigate development on federal land by funding offsite environmental projects. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) — a DOI-controlled agency and the largest […]
Alexander Nazaryan as published on Yahoo News “That specimen was found in a national monument you shrunk so you could sell mining rights,” WASHINGTON — The dinosaur was a Lythronax, a fearsome predator who lived 80 million years ago. Known as the “King of Gore,” it spent its […]
by Ula Chrobak as published on OutsideOnline.com A new study polled western voters’ views on the interior secretary, Trump’s public lands agenda, and downsizing Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Republican and Democrat, the majority of westerners don’t think Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is doing a great job. They’re especially […]
by Juliet Eilperin as published in the Washington Post Interior officials rejected material that would justify keeping protections in place and sought out evidence that could buttress the case for unraveling them… In a quest to shrink national monuments last year, senior Interior Department officials dismissed evidence that […]
By Chris D’Angelo as published on Huffington Post Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid at least 18 federal investigations. Zinke has tallied up nearly a dozen. For several months, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke managed to fly under the radar, as Democrats and environmental groups focused their attention […]
by Jayson O’Neill as published on Western Values Project “New Public Records Analysis and Original Research Available at the Department of Influence” With EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt out and with recent breaking news of an investigation into his real estate deal being launched, Secretary Ryan Zinke has arguably […]
Source: Earth Justice New proposed changes aim to change the way the agency upholds the Endangered Species Act July 19, 2018 Washington, D.C. — Today, Ryan Zinke’s Department of Interior released a series of proposed changes to the way the agency interprets and carries out actions under the […]
By BEN LEFEBVRE as published on Politico The investigation involves a real estate deal. The Interior Department’s internal watchdog has launched a full investigation into a real estate deal involving a foundation established by Ryan Zinke and developers including Halliburton Chairman David Lesar, which was first reported by […]
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