Tag: Department of Interior
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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Missouri set to execute Marcellus Williams despite DNA evidence proving innocence—again
Unless we reform this corrupt system, racist politicians will be rewarded with higher political offices–for–”frying a black man.”
Elected Democrats are conformist enablers of Biden for 2024
Alarm bells among pro-Biden pundits have finally begun to break the political sound barrier. So why is it quiet on Capitol Hill on the Democratic front?
Clarence Thomas secretly participated in Koch network donor events
Thomas, who attended at least two Koch donor summits, put himself in the extraordinary position of having helped a political network that has brought multiple cases before the Supreme Court.
Italian oil giant Eni knew about climate change more than 50 years ago, report...
"They’ve been playing us all for fools."
Sunrise Movement launches Green New Deal for Schools campaigns in high schools across US
The campaigns are asking that school districts face the climate crisis, listen to students' needs and deliver on the campaign's promises to address climate change.