It normally takes months for government scientists to analyze the environmental impact of oil drilling. Trump is using every trick in the book to auction off Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as soon as possible.
Climate change is rapidly shrinking the habitat of this iconic and dwindling North American species, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has apparently forgotten how to make science-based decisions.
U.S. Geological Survey director Jim Reilly, who—surprise, surprise—used to work for the oil industry, is telling scientists how to count polar bear dens in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
The Trump administration admits that removing the four dams would give endangered salmon their best chance against extinction, feed imperiled whales, and help restore Indigenous practices and traditions along the river, but decides against it.