Top Trump official to oil and gas industry: Our government should work for you

How we can conserve wildlife corridors to safeguard the West’s wildlif The West has long been lionized for its wide open spaces, vast rangelands, and rugged forests. But growing development is threatening that iconic Western vision. We lose a football field of natural land every two and half minutes to highways, subdivisions, and oil and gas well […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 12, 2018 DENVER—Today, the Bureau of Land Management auctioned leases to 2.85 million acres in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska for oil and gas development. Approximately 6 percent of the total acreage offered received bids from the industry. The lease sale netted a paltry $1.5 million, with leases selling for […]

After stocking his department with oil and gas lobbyists, Zinke goes full speed ahead on drilling and mining Last week, as most Americans celebrated Thanksgiving, the Trump administration quietly released two stunning reports detailing the current and forecasted impacts of climate change to the United States. The comprehensive studies concluded that the United States is […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 18, 2018 2016 rule placed limits on venting, flaring, and leaking of natural gas from oil drilling operations on public lands DENVER—The Trump administration announced today that it has eviscerated a 2016 rule established by the Bureau of Land Management that limits the waste of natural gas from oil and gas […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 26, 2017 DENVER—In speeches to the National Petroleum Council and the National Clean Energy Week symposium, Interior Secretary Zinke made claims that one-third of Interior Department employees are not loyal to President Trump and that public lands are best suited for drilling and mining, while solar energy should stick to […]