Interior Department to auction off 77 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to oil companies October 24, 2017 Trump Watch The DOI press release advertised “all available un-leased areas on the Gulf’s Outer Continental Shelf.”
Trump administration wants to double the entrance fees at 17 popular national parks October 24, 2017 Trump Watch ...while simultaneously cutting the National Park Service's budget by 13 percent.
Pruitt’s personal security detail balloons to 30 bodyguards and $2 million of taxpayer money October 23, 2017 Trump Watch Scott Pruitt—or should we call him "Linus"?—can regularly be seen around the office clutching his security blanket and special Trumpy bear.
EPA cancels its own scientists' climate talks, sparking outcry over government silencing October 22, 2017 Trump Watch EPA chief Scott Pruitt already scrubbed the agency website of "climate change." It appears the words are no longer allowed to be spoken, either.
EPA chief wants to prevent the public from forcing his agency to do its job October 16, 2017 Trump Watch Anti-accountability Administrator Scott Pruitt will "twist and shout" before letting anyone "sue and settle" with his agency.
The EPA's new four-year plan doesn't mention "climate change" once October 11, 2017 Trump Watch Because ignoring the problem is a surefire way to make it go away. Right?
In D.C.’s proverbial swamp, EPA’s Pruitt wines and dines polluters October 3, 2017 Trump Watch The Swamp Thing has returned, and he's got quite the social life.
Public servants on private planes? The White House is finally reining in its jet-setting cabinet members. October 2, 2017 Trump Watch Maybe Trump's budget cuts look best from 30,000 feet.
EPA spends $25,000 on a soundproof phone booth for Pruitt. So his staff can’t eavesdrop? September 26, 2017 Trump Watch On the other hand, we're pretty sure EPA staff is sick of hearing Scott Pruitt anyway.
EPA employees leak information about their anti-leaking classes September 22, 2017 Trump Watch Perfectly in line with President Trump's position that the press is the “Enemy of the American People.”
EPA moves to politicize the offices of environmental justice and NEPA September 12, 2017 Trump Watch Scott Pruitt's EPA: budget cuts and political shackles.
The USDA is now censoring its staff on the use of “climate change” August 9, 2017 Trump Watch We say "tomato," USDA says "edible red ball."
Hello border wall, goodbye butterflies August 4, 2017 Trump Watch One couple spent 15 years restoring butterfly habitat on their property. Trump's wall will plow right through it.
The U.S. will still report its carbon emissions to U.N. July 31, 2017 Trump Watch Trump's proposed budget cuts threaten the quality and accuracy of the data.
Trump wants to start building his wall in a national wildlife refuge July 18, 2017 Trump Watch The 2,088-acre refuge is one of North America’s top birding destinations and home to the endangered ocelot.
Trump administration wants to fund new coal-burning plants overseas July 17, 2017 Trump Watch Trump's pro–fossil fuel agenda is headed onto the international scene.
The White House’s science brain drain is complete July 1, 2017 Trump Watch The White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy officially has zero scientists.
Trump’s dirty “Energy Week” was weak sauce June 29, 2017 Trump Watch The president all but ignored renewables in a speech at the Energy Department.
EPA official pressured top scientist to change her congressional testimony June 26, 2017 Trump Watch Pruitt's cronies try to keep scientists under their thumb–but they're pushing back.
Al Franken schools Rick Perry on climate change June 22, 2017 Trump Watch Secretary Perry trips up on Trump's talking points.
