Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Tag: Department of the Interior

Judge blocks oil and gas drilling on 300,000 acres in Wyoming...

"This is the Holy Grail ruling we've been after, especially with oil and gas."

Judge rejects sale of public lands for fracking, halts drilling in...

"[The] agency must consider the cumulative impact of GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions generated by past, present, or reasonably foreseeable BLM lease sales in the region and nation.”

Why are federal workers selling oil drilling rights in the midst...

The invisible handshake between the Interior and extractive industries originated at its founding.

Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show

Under President Donald Trump, the Park Service has rescinded a policy aimed at preventing activities that threaten park resources and human health.

Members abruptly resign from the US National Park Service’s advisory board...

“We resigned because we were deeply disappointed with the department and we were concerned.”

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73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...

Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.

Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return

A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.

GOP budget plan threatens 34 million children with loss of food and healthcare

New report reveals nearly half of U.S. children could lose access to Medicaid or SNAP under Republican-backed budget reconciliation plan, disproportionately harming marginalized families.

2 million in Gaza face starvation as global call mounts for diplomatic aid convoy...

With famine intensifying under a full Israeli aid blockade, over 750 civil society groups call for governments to escort life-saving supplies into Gaza through Rafah in a diplomatic humanitarian mission.

House Republicans advance massive budget bill with Medicaid cuts and tax breaks after secret...

GOP lawmakers pushed a sweeping bill forward in a rare Sunday vote after cutting a backroom deal with far-right Republicans to fast-track deeper Medicaid cuts and slash food aid—while offering permanent tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.