Senior officials in the Trump administration’s Interior Department have rightly earned reputations as swamp creatures, serving the extractive industries that once employed them instead of the American public. Now, it appears the number two official at Interior, Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt, is set to grant the wishes of one of his former clients, a massive oil and gas trade association, by gutting critical conservation plans for the imperiled sage-grouse.
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Tales from the swamp: sage-grouse edition
Apr 24, 2018
Issue: Ethics & Transparency, Oil & Gas, Wildlife
Subject: Interior
By Center for Western Priorities
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