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Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has been the subject of at least 15 investigations into his conduct, one of which was referred to the Department of Justice late last month.

Environment

Public Lands Advocates Respond to New Revelations From the DOI’s ‘Sham Review’ of National Monuments

Documents accidentally shared by the Department of the Interior reveal the prioritization of energy, ranching, and logging in the monuments review.

Rebecca Worby

An explosive is detonated at a surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains on April 16th, 2012, in Wise County, Virginia.

Environment

A Top DOI Official Had at Least Six Meetings With the Mining Industry. She Then Helped Cancel a Study on the Public-Health Effects of Mining.

Records obtained by Pacific Standard reveal that a top official at the DOI had a hand in nixing a government-funded public-health study in Appalachia—after a series of meetings with some of the most powerful mining players in the country.

Jimmy Tobias

Anatomy of a Fact: When Facts Have Expiration Dates

Anatomy of a Fact is a recurring series exposing how the Pacific Standard research and fact-checking process works.

Ben Rowen

An exterior view of the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C.

Environment

Records Show a Top DOI Official Met With His Former Employer—a Koch Brothers-Linked Foundation

A high-level official at the Department of the Interior held meetings with a previous employer, the Koch-linked Texas Public Policy Foundation, while it was involved in legal action against the department, according to newly obtained documents.

Jimmy Tobias

Environment

Emails Suggest the Department of the Interior Is Prioritizing Fossil Fuel Interests Over Wildlife Well-Being

Records reveal that, following requests by fossil fuel industry groups, a top official at the Department of the Interior appeared to take credit for helping to delay new federal protections for a once-endangered species.

Jimmy Tobias

Environment

Animal Rights Groups Sue the Department of the Interior Over Trophy Hunting

The lawsuit alleges that the DOI's decision to allow Americans to bring their hunting trophies back home violates the Endangered Species Act.

Francie Diep

Environment

A Top Adviser at the Department of the Interior Is Under Fire After Meeting Extensively With Oil and Mining Representatives

Public records show that a senior DOI adviser has met with mining and fossil-fuel representatives far more than she has with environmentalists.

Jimmy Tobias

The upper end of St. Mary Lake and Wild Goose Island in Montana's Glacier National Park.

Environment

Emails by DOI Officials Show Concern Over Climate-Related Language

DOI officials found the descriptive language to be inflammatory.

Candace Butera

Greater sage grouse on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

Environment

At the Department of the Interior, Industry Lobbyists and Revolving-Door Operatives Shape Sage Grouse Policy

Public records show that industry groups and conservative politicians have had the ear of top Department of the Interior officials as they seek to dismantle conservation protections for the imperiled species.

Jimmy Tobias

The two bluffs known as the Bears Ears stand off in the distance in Bears Ears National Monument.

The Edit, Episode #5: A Conversation About Conservation and the Future of Public Lands

On the latest episode of Pacific Standard's podcast about how our stories are made, contributing writer Jimmy Tobias discusses his reporting on extinction, extraction, and environmental justice.

Pacific Standard Staff