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New Documents Reveal More About Alleged Ethics Violations at the Department of the Interior

Public records reveal additional details about top political appointee Timothy Williams' meeting with his former employer, the Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity.

Jimmy Tobias

Carrizo Plain National Monument in California is run by the Bureau of Land Management.

The Wilderness Society Pressures the Trump Administration to Measure the Climate Impacts From Oil and Gas Leasing

The environmental non-profit estimates that recent federal oil and gas leases will produce more greenhouse gas emissions than the European Union emits in a year.

Maxine Speier

Environment

The Trump Administration’s Policies Are Fueling the Extinction Crisis

A new U.N. report finds one million species face extinction. The Department of the Interior and the Fish and Wildlife Service are adding to the problem.

Jimmy Tobias

Environment

Can Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies Pay for Beto O’Rourke’s Climate Plan?

The Democratic candidate's first policy proposal calls for an end to tax breaks for the fossil fuel industry.

Kate Wheeling

Electric energy generating wind turbines are seen on a wind farm in the San Gorgonio Pass area on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2016, near Palm Springs, California. San Gorgonio Pass is one of the largest wind farm areas in the United States.

Environment

Wind Turbines Do Not Cause Cancer

But pollution from the fossil fuel industry does.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

The Key Questions the Senate Should Ask Trump’s Nominee to Head the Department of the Interior

David Bernhardt, a former oil and gas lobbyist, is a behind-the-scenes operator who has positioned himself as an ardent opponent of conservation advocates.

Jimmy Tobias

Young people protesting a Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sale in Salt Lake City read messages from those who oppose the sale.

Environment

In Utah, Young People Demand an End to Oil and Gas Leasing

A dispatch from a protest at the Utah Bureau of Land Management.

Brooke Larsen

A pump jack sits on the outskirts of town in the Permian Basin oil field on January 21st, 2016 in the oil town of Midland, Texas.

Environment

U.S. Oil Production Is Set to Rise as Experts Say Fossil Fuels Need to Be Phased Out

Already the largest oil and gas producer in the world, the United States is expected to ramp up oil production more than any other nation in the coming decades.

Kate Wheeling

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.

Industry Influence at the DOI: Five Takeaways From Our Investigation

An investigation by Pacific Standard and the Guardian revealed the full extent to which Ryan Zinke's Department of the Interior favored industry over conservation.

Rebecca Worby

A man holds a sign on May 10th, 2017, protesting the shrinking of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

Environment

The DOI Has Gone Astray—and I Witnessed It Firsthand

The former director of the Department of the Interior's policy office opens up about where the agency went wrong—and how to save it.

Joel Clement