Three reasons why the Daneros uranium mine is a bad deal for Bears Ears,...
One of the little-told stories in the debate over the fate of Bears Ears National Monument is the Daneros uranium mine. While the boundaries of Bears Ears were drawn explicitly to allow for the mine’s...
View ArticleICYMI: Utah Republican legislators caught bashing Trump/Zinke efforts
Emails reveal Utah legislative leaders bashing Secretary Zinke, opposing executive action, and letting special interests write legislation Email correspondence (available here and here) obtained by the...
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Rigged – Big Oil, Big Subsidies
Every year, oil and gas companies make billions of dollars in profits from drilling on America’s public lands. Yet, American taxpayers continue to subsidize these companies with bargain-basement...
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Rigged: Taxpayers pay for Big Oil companies’ profits from public lands
National parks, national forests, wildlife refuges, and recreation areas, as well as the minerals beneath them, belong to all Americans. The federal government holds these lands and resources in trust...
View ArticleBreaking: New documents show nominee for top Interior job may have lied to...
Western Values Project calls on Senate to delay confirmation vote based on new evidence In a letter sent to Senators Murkowski and Cantwell, the Western Values Project called on the Senate to delay a...
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ICYMI: Questions remain for embattled Interior nominee Bernhardt on lobbying...
Senate should delay vote until nominee answers questions Questions remain after new evidence surfaced late last week showing nominee for the position of Deputy Secretary of the Department of the...
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Rigged: Access to drill
Secretary Zinke has already announced that he plans to make oil and gas development the “dominant” use of America’s public lands. One could be forgiven for thinking that was not already the case. Oil...
View ArticleICYMI: Secretary Zinke refuses to release energy report, obscuring evidence...
In case you missed it, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke refused to release a report reviewing agency actions that potentially “burden” energy development. The report was required as part of an...
View ArticleICYMI: Interior Secretary Zinke faces questions after threatening...
In case you missed it, the Alaska Dispatch News is reporting this morning that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke threatened “retribution” against Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both...
View ArticleICYMI: Interior Secretary Zinke faces questions after threatening...
In case you missed it, the Alaska Dispatch News is reporting this morning that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke threatened “retribution” against Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both...
View ArticleWestern Values Project requests records on Secretary Zinke’s threats to...
The Western Values Project (WVP) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all records related to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s threats against Alaska Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan...
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Final Rigged report with state fact sheets
Rigged: Why Oil & Gas Development is Already the Dominant Use of America’s Public Lands Executive Summary America’s public lands are supposed to be managed for many uses, including hunting,...
View ArticleNew poll: Overwhelming majority of Americans support protections for national...
A new national poll released shows that Americans are overwhelmingly supportive of protections for national monuments, while a strong majority are opposed to President Trump’s executive order requiring...
View ArticleSenate advances more Interior appointees with questionable pasts
Top officials would add to team at Interior loaded with former lobbyists and Trump campaign operatives The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to advance several nominees to serve in...
View ArticleSecretary Zinke continues to give handouts to industry, ignores Western...
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released his review of the greater sage-grouse conservation plan. The original conservation plan was implemented two years ago after extensive work and...
View ArticleShrinking Interior: Zinke gives up additional $75 million in revenue despite...
The Department of the Interior announced the repeal of a rule that will cost taxpayers nearly $75 million. The repeal of the rule will reduce royalties paid for oil, gas and coal developed on federal...
View ArticleICYMI: Conservative opposition to national monument repeal effort grows
Conservatives are speaking out against efforts by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Donald Trump to reduce or eliminate national monuments. Conservative columnists and legal scholars are...
View ArticleICYMI: Zinke settles lawsuit over unpaid rent
In case you missed it, the Huffington Post is reporting that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has settled a lawsuit with his former landlord, Saint Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral, over unpaid rent. The...
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New poll, ad campaign tells Secretary Zinke to protect national monuments
New Montana poll ahead of ad campaign on Zinke’s national monuments review A new poll showing support slipping for Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s monuments review in his home state of Montana was...
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