Eight signs Zinke’s Bears Ears review is a sham
The public comment period for the Department of the Interior’s so-called review of the Bears Ears monument in Utah is today. Unfortunately, while thousands of people have written in to share their...
View ArticleICYMI: Largest paper in Montana calls out Sec. Zinke on Interior cuts
After the Trump administration announced devastating budget cuts to America’s National Park Service and the agencies tasked with managing our public lands, the largest paper in Montana, Interior...
View ArticleICYMI: Ethics issues mount for DOI nominee
In case you missed it, on Friday, Politico reported growing ethical concerns for David Bernhardt, the Deputy Secretary nominee at the Department of Interior. Bernhardt, an oil and gas lobbyist whose...
View ArticleSenate committee taps oil and gas lobbyist for number two spot at Interior
On a mostly party-line vote of 14-9, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced the nomination of oil and gas lobbyist David Bernhardt to be the Deputy Secretary of the Interior. This...
View ArticleZinke announces plan to privatize camping in parks
“I don’t want to be in the business of running campgrounds,” says nation’s largest public lands manager Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced his intention to privatize large parts of the...
View ArticleIn Congressional hearing, Zinke defends budget that would slash funding for...
Draconian budget cuts proposed by Zinke and Trump come along with proposals to reduce or eliminate public lands, sell off parks Today, in front of the House Appropriations Committee, Secretary of the...
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VIDEO: WVP honors Zinke’s first 100 days
To mark the first 100 days of Ryan Zinke’s term as Secretary of the Interior, we released a new video highlighting his achievements. Watch the video here: “Between doggie day and all the horseback...
View ArticleSecretary Zinke’s imagined “review” of Bears Ears
Recommendation on fate of area to come after over one hundred thousand public comments supporting national monuments submitted As we celebrate the 111th anniversary of former President Teddy...
View ArticleZinke offers cowardly and misguided recommendation on Bears Ears
Ignores tens of thousands of public comments in support of national monuments Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced that he is asking President Trump and Congress to take action to shrink...
View ArticleICYMI: Potential pick for BLM chief a Bundy family sympathizer
Karen Budd-Falen on the Bundy family’s violent takeover of public lands: “you’re going to see more of that because we’re not left with any choice.” Another former Trump transition team member with...
View ArticleICYMI: Secretary Zinke aims to kill 4,000 jobs at Interior
Secretary of the Interior goes on the record to Congress to demand massive cuts In written testimony submitted to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke...
View ArticleIndustry Already Has the Keys to the Kingdom
Two weeks ago, in an eleventh-hour decision, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) bowed to opposition from Governor Herbert of Utah, several communities in southwestern Utah and 25 local businesses –...
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VIDEO: Acting Interior #2 admits regulatory review was over before it started
Top official concedes 2/3rds of rules were slated to be axed months before review was announced Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced a sweeping review of the department’s rules that could...
View ArticleTRUMP FACT CHECK: Federal public lands already belong to federal taxpayers
Manhattan real estate developer confused over ownership of nation’s public lands President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in Iowa that he would “‘end the last administration’s land grab'” – an...
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Print, TV ad campaign launches in CO, MT, NV, and WY pushing pack against...
Campaign timed to coincide with the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Montana We launched a six-figure TV, digital, and print campaign in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming in advance of...
View ArticleTrump’s public asset sell off and privatization scheme
As the Trump administration continues to try to justify an immoral, unbalanced budget with a $2 trillion accounting error, more cabinet members are pitching real estate deals to sell off or privatize...
View ArticleSecretary of the Interior Zinke tucks tail at Western Governors’ Association...
In what appears to be a meet and run, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke failed to address critical questions from Western governors in public at their annual meeting in Whitefish, Montana. The...
View ArticleTwo more ex-lobbyists nominated for Interior posts
Both Douglas Domenech and Brenda Burman are part of a pattern of ex-Bush officials and ex-lobbyists joining the administration Adding to the growing list of questionable appointments, the Trump...
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Rigged: Industry’s Real Burden – Low Energy Prices
Over the past few years, the oil and gas industry – aided by its army of lobbyists and millions of dollars in campaign donations – has spun a fabulous tale of oppressive rules and diminished access to...
View ArticleFACT CHECK: Secretary Zinke loose with the numbers
Distorts BLM oil and gas leasing numbers in Bloomberg interview The numbers do not add up in Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s latest pitch to roll back common sense public land protections in a...
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