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Ethiopia and Eritrea enter a new era, Ireland makes a big climate change move, and a sock scandal strikes the Department of the Interior chief.
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.
Californians remove a controversial judge from the bench, Trump might be down with legalizing marijuana, and fourth-graders can keep going to national parks for free.
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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.
Zinke's Japanese-language gaffe shows his true colors when it comes to who can truly be considered American.
The lawsuit alleges that the DOI's decision to allow Americans to bring their hunting trophies back home violates the Endangered Species Act.
Trump officials are facing increasing scrutiny for extravagant uses of taxpayer dollars.
Public records show that a senior DOI adviser has met with mining and fossil-fuel representatives far more than she has with environmentalists.
A chat with Democratic Representative Betty McCollum of Minnesota.
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.
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.
The department is planning to re-adjust its regional boundaries and revamp its organization system in 2018, starting with a pilot management office in Alaska.
Given the connections to the oil and gas industry within the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior, rollbacks to environmental protections should come as no surprise.
The decision would remove protections for up 100 million acres of water, some of which have been closed to drilling for three decades.
The secretary of the interior wants to raise user fees at the national parks. His proposal will hurt all but the wealthiest Americans, and it won't work.
Exaggeration and misdirection can only damage the conservation movement's credibility.
Amid budget cuts from the Trump administration, the Department of the Interior wants to up entrance fees and use the revenue to repair aging infrastructure.
Zinke is the fourth cabinet secretary to come under fire for extravagant travel costs.
For the far right, Ryan Zinke's national monument review is just the beginning.
A new report by Democrats on the House Natural Resources Committee outlines the partisan, industry-friendly nature of Trump's national monument review.
No word yet from the White House on whether or not Trump will accept Zinke's recommendations.