Inside the Trump administration’s destructive final days

The Southern Nevada Water Authority accepted a $2.4 million grant from the United States Bureau of Reclamation to fund cloud seeding in neighboring Western states with rivers that feed the drought-stricken region. The funding comes as Colorado River reservoirs reach historic lows, and as the seven basin states continue to negotiate a long-overdue plan for how to conserve 3 […]

This week, after months of hype, House Republicans unveiled their energy and permitting reform package. H.R. 1, the “Lower Energy Costs Act,” combines several bills that have already moved through committees in the House. The resulting package is a grab bag of Republican messaging priorities—such as a section expressing disapproval of the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline—and a […]

Since 1964, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has helped protect critical landscapes within our national parks and increase recreational access to public lands across the country. Congress permanently renewed this key program in a sweeping bipartisan public lands bill this year, but did not provide any promise of funding‚ leaving the program subject to the whims of Congress each year. Now that LWCF will be around for the foreseeable future, what’s next for America’s most important parks program?

“These plans show that a handshake doesn’t mean anything to David Bernhardt unless it’s with an oil and gas executive. At Bernhardt’s direction, the Interior Department is breaking a landmark deal that was brokered by Western governors, ranchers, and conservationists—all to allow more drilling and mining.

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 […]