Trump Approves Sacred Land Swap for Foreign-Owned Mining Corporation –...
HELENA, MT – Today, the lame-duck Trump administration approved a controversial public land swap for foreign mining corporation Rio Tinto Ltd., paving the way for the corporation to move forward with...
View ArticleFormer Oil Lobbyist-Turned Interior Secretary to Ignore Judge’s Ruling on...
Bernhardt Continues to Prioritize Big Oil and Gas Special Interests Despite Pandemic and Calls for Invoking the 25th Amendment HELENA, MT – Earlier this week, Trump’s Interior Department and Bureau of...
View ArticleBad Acting Big Oil Corporations Stockpiling Permits Before Trump Goes
HELENA, MT – A recent story in the Associated Press shows dozens of oil and gas corporations rushing to secure drilling permits before the Biden administration begins. Research from Western Values...
View ArticleTrump Finalizes Industry Requested Rollbacks To Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Gutting Rule Another Parting Gift to Big Oil HELENA, MT – Today, the Trump administration published its final rule to gut protections for migratory birds. The move finalizes major rollbacks to the...
View ArticleTrump Admin Exploits Pandemic in Order to Fast-Track Damaging Projects
Trump and Bernhardt Aim to Serve Lobbyists, Special Interests, and Extractive Corporations — Not the American People HELENA, MT – A recent New York Times story found that the Trump administration is...
View ArticleBiden’s New Interior Department Nominee Poised to Clean Up Trump...
Congresswoman Haaland Set to Unravel Special Interests’ Tentacles from America’s Public Lands; Focus on Addressing Climate Change and Clean Energy Jobs HELENA, MT – U.S. Representative Deb Haaland...
View ArticleRevealed: New Endangered Species Habitat Definition Crafted By Conflicted...
After Trump’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services and NOAA released a new definition of habitat under the Endangered Species Act earlier today, Western Values Project Director Jayson O’Neill issued the...
View ArticleTrump Weakens Migratory Bird Treaty Act for Special Interests
Sec. Bernhardt and Corrupt Interior Appointees’ Parting Gift to Big Oil HELENA, MT – Late last week, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration published its final analysis of a rule...
View ArticleTrump to Ease Sage Grouse Protections on Western Lands
Trump Continues His Attacks on Public Lands HELENA, MT – The Associated Press recently reported President Trump’s plans to roll back essential protections for sage grouse. The plans are set to ease...
View ArticleTrump’s Controversial Anti-Public Lands Federal Reserve Pick to be Approved...
Judy Shelton Wants to Sell Off Public Lands to Pay Down Trump’s Historic Deficit HELENA, MT – Tomorrow, the lame-duck Senate will likely vote to confirm Trump’s controversial Federal Reserve nominee...
View ArticleCongress Follows Trump Admin’s Lead With Sage Grouse Rider During Lame-Duck...
Rider Ignores Science in a Big Win for Big Oil HELENA, MT – This week, E&E reported that federal wildlife officials’ hands would again be tied in their attempts to protect the iconic Western...
View ArticleTrump’s Illegal Land Manager Saga Puts Public Lands At Risk
Interior To Needlessly Appeal Ruling In Order to Continue Pendley’s Reign of Corruption HELENA, MT – Late last week, The Hill reported on the illegal tenure of William Perry Pendley as acting Bureau...
View ArticleThe Corrupt Trump Administration Continues to Axes Public Land and Wildlife...
Guardian Report Provides Stunning Visual Representation of Trump’s Historic ‘Meat Cleaver’ Assault on America’s Public Lands A Guardian article published earlier this week reveals the full extent of...
View ArticleTongass Decision Cements Trump’s Legacy As Worst Public Lands President In...
Unilateral Decision Opens America’s Largest Climate Sink to Logging and Development Following breaking news by the Washington Post that the Trump administration is attempting to unilaterally open 16.7...
View ArticleExtractive Corporations’ Lack of Diversity Leads to Harmful Effects
Communities of Color Face Brunt of Fossil Fuels’ Harmful Effects and COVID-19 HELENA, MT – New research from Western Values Project found that less than 1% of the extractive resource corporations...
View ArticleBig Oil’s Big Methane Problem Could Go Unchecked With Amy Coney Barrett on...
Western Values Project Director Talks Powerful Climate Changing Methane Natural Gas Venting and Flaring On Tuesday, Accountable.US’s Western Values Project director Jayson O’Neill joined the This...
View ArticleTrump’s Corrupt Interior Department Rewards Powerful Big Oil Lobby Group’s...
The American Petroleum Institute Sent Wishlist of Favors to Former Oil Lobbyist Secretary Bernhardt In a breaking story today, the HuffPost released a wish list a Big Oil lobby group had sent to...
View ArticleTrump, Exxon Have Teamed Up to Exploit Public Lands
Oil Corporation Has Given Big Money to Trump, Whose Administration Has Lifted Protections to Allow Exxon to Drill Public Lands President Donald Trump’s suggestion that fossil fuel corporations like...
View ArticleMontana Judge Rules Trump’s Illegal Land Manager’s Decisions are Invalid
Illegal, Unconfirmed Acting Official Charade has Consequences HELENA, MT – Late last Friday, a district judge ruled William Perry Pendley’s decisions as acting Bureau of Land Management director in...
View ArticleSenator Mike Lee’s Constitution is Same Version Domestic Terrorist Extremist...
Senator Brandished the Same Conspiracy Constitution Referenced by Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett HELENA, MT – The HuffPost exposed the twisted and warped annotated version of the pocket...
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