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...
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Zinke Doubles Price to Parks, Gives Gifts to Polluters
Many eyebrows and a good deal of ire were raised recently when the Interior Department announced it planned to double and in some cases nearly triple entry...
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...
Don’t Believe What Donald Trump Says About Coal
President Trump acted today to derail the effort to overhaul a broken federal coal leasing program that’s short-changed taxpayers more than $30 billion. He di...