Tag: Department of Interior
Department of Interior awards grants to communities through National Park Service’s program
The program provides matching grants, up to 50 percent of the total project costs, to "enable urban communities to create new outdoor recreation spaces, reinvigorate existing parks, and form connections between people and the outdoors."
Secretary of the Interior first: Deb Haaland, member of the Pueblo...
“I’ll be fierce for all of us, our planet, and all of our protected land.”
Inside the Trump administration’s chaotic dismantling of the federal land agency
Internal records from the Bureau of Land Management contradict what its chief told Congress about a plan to ship 200 D.C.-based career staff out West. The plan would weaken the agency, which stands between federal lands and oil, gas and mineral companies.
Trump administration to remove gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act
"This attempt to eliminate crucial protections for gray wolves demonstrates an anti-predator bias that continues to influence wolf management decisions."
Internal watchdog refers Ryan Zinke’s behavior while in office to Justice...
There are currently three open ethics investigations surrounding Zinke's behavior while in office.
Interior Sec. Zinke blames ‘radical environmentalists,’ not climate change, as 100+...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke wrote an op-ed last week in USA Today about forest management on public lands that blamed “radical environmentalists” for the fires.
Trump administration wants to charge $70 entrance fee for national parks
The Trump administration's new proposed budget plan increases funding for dirty energy development on public lands, while cutting everything else.
Interior Department whistleblower resigns in disgust
“You are unwilling to lead on climate change, and cannot be trusted with our nation’s natural resources.”
Public lands and waters ‘for sale’ at US Dept. of Interior
"Secretary Zinke is meeting almost exclusively with fossil fuel lobbyists, ignoring the voices of people in this country."
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Trump’s Greenland takeover push draws scrutiny after Davos speech confusion and pressure campaign on...
At the World Economic Forum, President Donald Trump called for “immediate negotiations” to acquire Greenland, ruled out using force, and repeatedly referred to the territory as “Iceland,” fueling international backlash and renewed questions about his conduct and strategy.
Experts warn Minnesota crackdown mirrors early stages of US civil war scenarios
Legal scholars and political scientists say the Trump administration’s escalating ICE operation, National Guard brinkmanship, and Insurrection Act threats in Minnesota closely resemble conditions identified in civil war simulations, raising alarms about constitutional collapse and violent state federal conflict.
Minnesota labor and communities move toward historic general strike amid ICE occupation of the...
A rapidly expanding coalition of unions, immigrant organizations, faith leaders, and small businesses is calling for a statewide economic shutdown on January 23 as opposition intensifies to ICE’s presence and tactics in Minnesota.
ICE memo claims power to force entry into homes without judicial warrants, triggering Fourth...
A leaked internal ICE memo obtained by the Associated Press asserts that agents may forcibly enter private homes using only administrative warrants, prompting whistleblower disclosures, congressional scrutiny, and warnings that the policy represents a covert attempt to bypass core constitutional protections.
Big Tech faces first social media addiction trial
The major social media addiction trials are being compared to historic litigation against big tobacco and opioid manufacturers, with potential for billions in damages and forced changes to platform designs.