Coal Mine Next to Bryce Canyon Given Thumbs Up by Trump
A massive open pit strip mine just outside of Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah came one step closer to reality thanks to the Trump Administration. The...
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DOI: Public Lands Are for Private Exploitation, Others Keep Out
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke made sweeping changes this week to the way oil and gas are leased on public lands. The bottom line: Joe and Jane Citizen—0; Dirt...
CA and NM Sue To Stop Interior Department Taxpayer Rip Off
California and New Mexico filed a legal challenge this week against yet another attempt by the Trump Administration and Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke...
Interior Secretary Zinke's Assault on America's Public Lands
Most people also probably aren’t aware that President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are in the midst of an unprecedented assault on these public res...
The Fight to Stop a Strip Mine Near Bryce Canyon: A History
(Updated 5/21/18) We think approving the expansion of a massive new open pit strip mine in Utah, wedged between Bryce Canyon and Zion national parks, is a bad...
Reopening Loophole, Zinke Enables Fossil Fuel Royalty Fraud
The Interior Department took a step today along its well-worn path of short-changing taxpayers and enriching fossil fuel executives, announcing it would get rid...