The Trump Administration’s Unfinished Business on Public Lands

DENVER—With nine months remaining in the Trump administration’s first term, an ongoing tracker by the Center for Western Priorities (CWP) finds the Interior Department is making some progress on remaining policy changes and continues to advance environmental rollbacks despite COVID-19 public health restrictions. The tracker, launched in January 2020 and based on federal websites and databases, finds 77 policies Interior […]

Interior Secretary David Bernhardt opened or closed at least 34 public comment periods despite widespread calls for a halt to rulemakings and major actions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAPRIL 7, 2020 DENVER — A new analysis by the Center for Western Priorities finds that in the month after President Trump signed the first emergency coronavirus bill, the […]

An analysis by the Center for Western Priorities identifies 74 policies the Interior Department is seeking to implement, further weakening protections for wildlife and expanding fossil fuel development on public lands.

With oil and gas lobbyist David Bernhardt as second-in-command, the Interior Department has advanced policies supported by his former clients Note: This analysis was updated on March 25, 2019. Under the Trump administration, the Interior Department has moved quickly to dramatically expand oil and gas drilling throughout public lands and waters, shrink national monuments, and reduce […]

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 […]