Bernhardt Budget Starves Wildlife Despite Extinction Crisis
While leaders in Congress warned about the dire state of wildlife in the United States and globally, Acting Interior Secretary and Trump nominee David Bernhardt...
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House Leaders Introduce Bill to Protect Arctic Refuge
A new bill led by Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) would halt the destructive oil and gas development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge currently bei...
What Congress Does When It Thinks You Aren’t Looking
While most Americans have been rightfully glued to a certain Supreme Court nomination the past few weeks, the House Natural Resources Committee has been busy at...
Groundhog Day for Gray Wolves, Endangered Species
In the latest string of attacks on our nation’s natural heritage, the Congressional Western Caucus has put forth the Expanded Wildlife Extinction Package, a s...
Wildlife, Wildlands Escape Largely Unscathed in Defense Bill
This year, anti-environmental lawmakers once again attempted to use our nation’s national defense spending bill as a vehicle for riders that do nothing to enh...
The GOP Tax Plan: “Caribou for Millionaires”
The Trump-GOP tax package has dominated political commentary now for weeks. Republicans are glossing over the bill’s proposed $1.5 trillion increase in the de...