Interior Department
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Former oil lobbyist David Bernhardt confirmed as Interior secretary. Yay?
"That’s an example of the swampiness of Washington if there ever was one."
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Science-based policy for the national parks? Not on Zinke’s watch.
The Interior revoked a policy directing park officials to consider climate change in management decisions.
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Scandals pile up for Interior Chief Ryan Zinke
Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned amid at least 18 federal investigations. Zinke has tallied up nearly a dozen.
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Interior pick Ryan Zinke wants you to know he’s “not a climate scientist expert”
The ol’ GOP excuse makes a comeback.
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Oil and gas leases canceled on Blackfeet sacred land in Montana
The tribe has fought against the Badger-Two Medicine leases for 30 years.
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How Obama transformed clean energy in the West
The region's energy development revolution may prove hard for Trump to stamp out.
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Secretary Jewell highlights Pacific Northwest climate impacts, but dodges questions about coal leasing
The same week that a Government Accountability report highlighted problems with the way the Interior Department is leasing taxpayer owned coal, Interior Secretary Jewell was touring the Pacific Northwest to discuss the impacts of climate change. That included a discussion with scientists in Seattle and a tour of Mount Rainier to “see firsthand the impacts […]
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Secretary Jewell: Keep Our Coal in the Ground
Protesters called on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to “Keep Our Coal in the Ground” as the Department of Interior held a lease sale for 21.3 million tons of coal at the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) field office today. While the BLM called this a “competitive” coal lease, as usual only one company, Blue […]
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Political leaders lowballed Gulf oil spill estimates
In the first weeks after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded, spilling oil into the Gulf of Mexico, government scientists were scrambling to figure out how much oil was leaking from the well. These estimates kept being revised upwards as the scientists got more information — and then revised downwards as politicians pressured them to make […]