Trump to allow logging without environmental review November 19, 2020 Trump Watch A new rule would exempt huge swaths of public land, already threatened by wildfire, from science-based management.
Trump drops protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest October 28, 2020 Trump Watch The move threatens Indigenous communities, scores of northern wildlife species, and the fight against climate change.
On land or at sea, no national monument is safe from Trump June 5, 2020 Trump Watch The president opens the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts monument to commercial fishing.
Trump proposes logging burned land without environmental analysis May 29, 2020 Trump Watch Postfire logging has been called “mugging a burn victim.” Trump wants to make those muggings easier.
Trump to communities trying to protect their forests: Shut it. May 29, 2020 Trump Watch Communities currently have 15 days to object to logging sales on nearby federal lands. The president says that’s unfair to logging companies.
Trump’s Forest Service puts protections for Alaska’s majestic Tongass on chopping block October 17, 2019 Trump Watch That's bad news for wildlife, the climate, and Indigenous groups.
BLM releases destructive plans for Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument August 23, 2019 Trump Watch The plan allows industry to run roughshod over one of the country's most spectacular landscapes.
After shrinking Bears Ears National Monument, the Trump administration won’t even protect what’s left of it July 27, 2019 Trump Watch Some of our most sacred sites and sensitive ecosystems are at stake.
Trump administration makes it easier for industry to chop up our forests June 12, 2019 Trump Watch But our climate needs them now more than ever.
Trump administration sidelines conservation plans for Montana wilderness May 18, 2019 Trump Watch Let's take a wild guess what it's pushing instead.
Trump administration tosses mining ban near Minnesota wilderness September 6, 2018 Trump Watch And then it canceled an environmental review on the potential impacts.
Zinke hands industry blank check to damage public lands July 24, 2018 Trump Watch Cleaning up your own mess is now voluntary.
Trump moves to toss a ban on mining a pristine Minnesota forest June 20, 2018 Trump Watch Big surprise: He's also downgrading the environmental review.
EPA plans to just ignore air, soil, and water pollution in its reviews of chemical safety June 7, 2018 Trump Watch That includes asbestos—which President Trump has called a mob-led conspiracy.
BLM repeals key rule against potent methane emissions February 12, 2018 Trump Watch The regulation tackled wasteful inefficiencies in oil and gas operations that contributed to climate change.
Trump administration goes after California desert with one-two punch February 7, 2018 Trump Watch 1.3 million acres slotted for renewable energy development will soon be open to mining.
Trump slashes protections for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments December 4, 2017 Trump Watch The president's action is wrong and illegal.
Trump administration to review ban on uranium mining near the Grand Canyon November 1, 2017 Trump Watch According to the U.S. Forest Service's report, protecting drinking water is a "burden" on domestic energy development.
Zinke wants 10 national monuments shrunk or opened to mining, logging and hunting September 19, 2017 Trump Watch As one advocate put it: "Trees are meant to be vertical in conservation, not horizontal."
Despite public dissent, Interior Secretary Zinke recommends shrinking four national monuments August 25, 2017 Trump Watch Zinke's secret report may recommend carving up public lands, but the legality of such a move is still questionable.