By Caroline Kelly, CNN “The issue is Interior, the issue is conservation, the issue is science, and the issue is our jurisdiction in protecting the many interests we have there, including Indian Country…” The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee said Tuesday that he has moved […]
Source: Western Values Project The American Public Deserves to Know How Their Public Lands, National Parks and Wildlife Will be Managed As former scandal-plagued Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigns, due to pressure from the White House and President Trump to avoid being fired, rumors as to who will […]
By BEN LEFEBVRE as published on Politico David Bernhardt, who is set to become acting Interior secretary, has pleased President Donald Trump but is drawing attacks from environmental groups. Like former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt before him, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has an experienced deputy steeped […]
Source: Multiple Embattled Secretary of the Interior and Horse Slaughter Proponent, Ryan Zinke, is Toast at Year’s End! Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will depart the administration amid growing controversy over allegations that he violated ethics rules, President Trump announced Saturday. Trump tweeted early Saturday that Zinke “will be leaving […]
By Joel Clement as published on The Scientific American A new report documents suppression of science, denial of climate change, the silencing and intimidation of staff This is a tough time to be a federal scientist—or any civil servant in the federal government. The Trump administration is clamping […]
Source: WildEarth Gaurdians Sales to oil and gas industry fly in face of new climate change reports The Trump administration is ramping up fracking in December 2018, despite two recent reports highlighting it should be doing everything but. Today, December 11, the administration intends to sell 33,000 acres […]
By Chris D’Angelo as published in The Huffington Post Daniel Jorjani, a former Koch brothers adviser who once told colleagues “our job is to protect the Secretary,” now oversees the agency’s FOIA program. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has put political appointee Daniel Jorjani in charge of overseeing all […]
by Paige Blankenbuehler as published on High Country News A Democratic spitfire takes the helm of the House Committee on Natural Resources Less than a week before the midterm elections, U.S. House Rep. Raúl Grijalva, D- Arizona, released a report detailing how the U.S. House Committee on Natural […]
By Chris D’Angelo as published in the Huffington Post The interior chief was so comfortable playing the part of an oil man he momentarily forgot he wasn’t one It was clear Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke felt at home Tuesday addressing representatives of the industry that was a top […]
By Laura Lundquist as published on Missoula Current A Montana organization that has been dogging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for ethics violations is opposing the Interior Department’s attempt to destroy select documents. In September, it was revealed that the Interior Department sent a request to the National Archives & Records […]
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