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Interior Secretary Zinke's Assault on America's Public Lands

Expert BlogTheo Spencer
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 resources in what appears to be a vast giveaway to select group of dirty energy…

It’s Time for Ryan Zinke to Go

Expert BlogRhea Suh
The Interior Department secretary has failed abysmally to provide the leadership we need to protect our public lands and waters.

Trump’s Cabinet of Horrors

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Congressional hearings kick off for those who will lead our government’s top agencies. Earth has reason to worry.

Zinke Plans to Divide Monument for Industry and Local Allies

Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg
Ryan Zinke’s Interior Department released documents yesterday indicating its intention to sell to private interests 1,600 acres of land previously and rightfully protected as Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. 1,600 acres of invaluable land belonging to the American people.

Shake-Up for the Federal Coal-Leasing Program

ExplainerUnited StatesBrian Palmer
Trump is pushing a fossil fuel–heavy energy agenda, but in the final days of the Obama administration, the Bureau of Land Management left a hurdle in his path.

Ryan Zinke confirmed as Interior Secretary

Trump Watch
He's a flip-flopper on climate change, a foe of endangered species protections, and the oil and gas industry has been his single largest donor over the course of his political career. 

Zinke’s Monument Review: Another Gift to Oil, Gas, and Coal

Expert BlogJacob Eisenberg
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has recommended that his boss, President Trump, do what no President has done before: fundamentally change and substantially diminish America’s national monuments. And fossil fuel boosters have played a key role in placing two…