Looks like you’ll have to trust your map if you want to find the newly designated Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument in Maine. Gov. Paul LePage has refused to put up any official signs along the four main roads to the 87,500-acre preserve, which is on the list of 27 national monuments under Interior […]
This is an excerpt from Dick Russell’s and my new book, Horsemen of the Apocalypse, an eye opening exposé of the people and corporations most responsible for today’s climate crisis and their roles in President Trump’s new administration. Not long ago, the legendary economist Amory Lovins showed me two photos, taken 10 years apart, of […]
President Trump plans to sign an executive order today intended to aggressively expand drilling in protected waters off the Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The new EO will direct U.S. Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke to review the current offshore drilling plans, which limits most drilling to parts of the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, […]
President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday ordering a review of the Antiquities Act and national monuments on more than 100,000 acres. The review enables the Department of Interior to examine whether any of the monument designations have led to a “loss of jobs, reduced wages and reduced public access.” “The Antiquities Act does not […]
The Trump administration intends to scrap and rewrite an Obama-era rule designed to make fracking on federal lands safer. Drilling has taken place on federal lands for years, with more than 100,000 wells in existence. In 2015, the Interior Dept. issued new standards aimed at making the process safer, including stricter and higher design standards […]
By Nadia Prupis On his first full day in office Thursday, newly-confirmed Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke rode a horse to work and proceeded to repeal a rule that protected plants and animals from lead poisoning. The former Montana congressman’s order overturned a policy put into place by former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director […]
The Senate voted today to confirm Rep. Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Department of the Interior. His confirmation will be followed by a rally today at noon outside the Department of the Interior in Washington, DC. The rally will demonstrate people’s love of the outdoors and the fierce expectation that Sec. Zinke stand firm […]
Update: In an Instagram post late Wednesday, Rep. Jason Chaffetz said he wouldn’t move forward with the bill he introduced last week proposing to sell 3.3 million acres of federal land in 10 different states. He said: “I am withdrawing HR 621. I’m a proud gun owner, hunter and love our public lands. The bill […]
By Jason Mark If you’ve ever stood on the rim of the Grand Canyon and marveled at the awesome view of the gorge—unmarred by mines or machines—you have the Antiquities Act to thank. If you’ve ever walked the banks of Wyoming’s Snake River and taken in the sight of the stone towers at Grand Teton […]
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