Save the Colorado, et al. sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming the environmental impact statement for the operational plan for Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River at Lake Powell ignored the best available science on the impact climate change is likely to have on the river.
Read moreThe top lawyer for the Interior Department dodged questions from House Democrats on congressional oversight Thursday, just two days after he was narrowly confirmed by the Senate amid accusations he lied to Congress.
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A resolution to expand protective areas in the Santa Monica mountains and Los Angeles coast areas was one of three bills brought to the House floor Wednesday with unanimous and favorable support.
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Climate scientists believe Earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction event, and in light of that, House Democrats Tuesday renewed calls for legislation that would reverse the Trump administration’s rollback of key protections for endangered wildlife and plant species.
Read moreTaxpayers lose billions each year in royalties generated from oil and gas leases on public lands while fossil fuel developers reap profits at their expense, but Democrats on Tuesday pushed legislation that would overhaul leasing laws that have not been updated in a century.
Read moreThe Department of Interior must face a lawsuit that skewers its administration of secretive White House advisory committee on trophy hunting, a federal judge ruled.
Read moreDemocrats introduced legislation Tuesday that would repeal rules the Trump administration used to reduce protections under the Endangered Species Act.
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Political appointees in President Donald Trump’s Interior Department have weakened protections for Appalachia’s endangered crayfish to benefit the coal mining industry, environmentalists claim in a federal lawsuit.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity brought a federal complaint over the government’s failing to designate critical habitat for five species of Florida and Caribbean coral and seven species of Pacific coral under the Endangered Species Act.
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After 45 years of saving animals like the bald eagle and grizzly bear from extinction, new Endangered Species Act rules will weaken protections for thousands of plant and animal species, according to a lawsuit filed against the Trump administration Wednesday.
Read moreSiding with the Western Organization of Resource Councils, a federal judge enjoined the secretary of the interior from relying on recommendations of his Royalty Policy Committee, as it “operates in secret and works to advance the goals of only one interest: the extractive industries that profit from the development of public gas, oil, and coal.”
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Accusing the Trump administration of violating the Endangered Species Act, environmentalists claim in court that emperor penguins could be extinct within a century if the government doesn’t act quickly to protect them.
Read moreA trend at the Interior Department under President Donald Trump has persisted for two years: climate science is being squeezed out and retaliation can be swift for those who speak up. But beyond professional ramifications, scientists told lawmakers Thursday they mostly worry censorship today will lead to public health and economic problems tomorrow.
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The Trump administration said Tuesday that it can save taxpayers millions of dollars, make better decisions and trim a “top heavy” office in Washington by moving the headquarters of the nation’s biggest land agency to Colorado and dispersing scores of jobs across 11 states in the U.S. West.
Read moreFearing a rollback of offshore drilling rules will threaten worker safety and coastal waters, nine environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, claiming weaker standards could lead to another catastrophe like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Read moreA bill to restore ownership of tribal land to the Mashpee Wampanoag after the Trump administration took away their Massachusetts reservation passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, though what will happen in the Senate is anyone’s guess.
Read moreThe Trump administration disclosed plans to open over one million acres in central California to oil drilling and fracking on Thursday, the federal government undeterred by the fact that no new drilling leases have been issued since 2013.
Read moreSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family’s apartment on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1930. Robert Kagan was initially wrongly listed as an “alien,” though he was a native-born New Yorker.
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