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Trump admin orders pause of 5 major offshore wind projects on...
The Trump administration said there will be a 90-day pause to allow the Interior Department and other agencies to work with project developers to determine if the perceived security threats can be mitigated.
Trump’s $625 million coal bailout draws fire from climate and health...
Administration announces $625 million for coal plant life-extensions while Interior opens 13.1 million acres for leasing and EPA scraps pollution limits; advocates warn the public will “pay the price” through higher bills, dirtier air and stalled clean energy.
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Under President Donald Trump, the Park Service has rescinded a policy aimed at preventing activities that threaten park resources and human health.
Zinke’s real estate deal with Halliburton Chair to be investigated
The investigation will asses whether the deal, uncovered last month, violated conflict of interest law.
Documents reveal drilling and mining interests were behind shrinking of Utah...
Yes Secretary Zinke claimed that the shrinking of the national monuments "isn’t really about oil and gas.”
Interior Department charges Zinke’s Nevada helicopter ride to fire account in...
“Ryan Zinke’s caused a lot of controversy with his private flights, but none have been as egregious as using wildfire preparedness funding to pay for a trip that had nothing to do with wildfires."
Former head of energy, environment at ALEC, Todd Wynn, hired by...
Wynn's new job at Interior will parallel his past role at ALEC.
Trump’s interior dept. nominee, Rep. Ryan Zinke to face questioning on...
The National Parks Action Fund gave Rep. Zinke an “F” for his voting record on bills that would impact national parks.
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A First Lady in a New York Cell
One year later, Cilia Flores, the wife of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, languishes in a cell in New York City, having been dragged out of her room and kidnapped by U.S. forces on the Jan. 3 attack on Venezuela.
Daniel Ellsberg speaks to us as the war on Iran continues
"We owe it to our troops, as well as to other potential victims of this war, to speak the truth about ourselves: what we believe, what we reject, and what we want.”
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From personal power to autocracy in Donald Trump's America
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.
Iranian American scholars denounce US-Israeli attack, warn regime change efforts will backfire
Far from leading to a popular uprising against the government, as President Trump has encouraged, the U.S.-Israeli attacks have forced Iranians to worry about their immediate safety from the bombs.