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When Joel Clement, the former top climate policy expert at the Interior Department, quit his job in October, he sent a resignation letter lambasting President Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for being "shackled to special interests," muzzling scientists and ignoring the threats of climate change. Just like that, he became a voice of the resistance. → Read More
When Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke launched a massive reorganization of the department last week, he said good science would help him chart the changes. But former officials are raising questions about Zinke's commitment to the scientific process. → Read More
GLEN CANYON NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Utah — "Fill Mead first" was a thought exercise when put forward two decades ago by environmentalists. However, with the growing acknowledgement that neither of the Western reservoirs of Lake Mead nor Lake Powell has been filled anywhere close to capacity since 2000 -- and that climate change will increasingly stress water resources along the Colorado River… → Read More
Development on public lands will play a key role in allowing America to "achieve and maintain" energy dominance, according to a leaked draft of the Interior Department's fiscal 2018-22 strategic plan. → Read More
The fight over a wonky but high-stakes report about how U.S. EPA accounts for biomass's greenhouse gas emissions continues. → Read More
A climate change science advisory group assembled by the Obama-era Interior Department is dead for now. If it's revived by the Trump administration, it will likely have a new mission. → Read More
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has a plan: Boost drilling in federal waters to raise cash for cash-strapped agency priorities. → Read More
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke evaded questions yesterday about the extent of rising temperatures during a Senate budget hearing for an agency that oversees fossil fuel development on a fifth of the nation's land. → Read More
A sea wall located just 4 miles from the Interior Department's headquarters in Washington is at the top of a long list of backlogged maintenance projects amounting to more than $11 billion. To make those fixes, the department's new secretary, Ryan Zinke, has called for additional offshore oil drilling to raise money for projects that are sometimes meant to prevent damage associated with climate… → Read More
President Trump will seek to end months of disunity in the White House this afternoon by announcing his decision on the Paris climate agreement, an issue that has sown discord among Cabinet members and senior advisers. → Read More
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke yesterday announced that a former veteran Senate staffer and longtime Alaskan will advise the agency on issues facing the Last Frontier. → Read More
Steep spending cuts in the budget proposal President Trump releases today would run counter to many of the administration's core energy and environment objectives. → Read More
A coalition of environmental and indigenous groups today made good on their promise to sue the federal government over President Trump's recent offshore energy executive order. → Read More
Winds have shifted in the White House against staying in the Paris Agreement, marking an abrupt course change since last week, when climate advocates felt confident that President Trump would preserve U.S. membership with weaker targets. → Read More
President Trump this morning will sign an executive order to potentially vastly expand offshore drilling, giving environmental activists a fresh rallying cry ahead of this weekend's climate march. → Read More
Methane emissions fell in the Obama years, but whether the decline will continue under President Trump is a matter of fierce debate. → Read More
President Trump could issue new executive orders related to the environment and energy, according to a former transition official. Mike McKenna, the former head of the Department of Energy transition team, said yesterday that offshore energy development and aspects of the Antiquities Act are the most likely contenders for action under Trump's pen. → Read More
U.S. Park Police Officer Robert Marcoux can't finish a story without being interrupted by his partner, a towering 17-year-old Irish sport horse named Tonto. → Read More