A federal judge declined on Friday to order the government to allow the Chinook Indian Nation to reapply for federal recognition, but he did toss out the Department of Interior’s decision to ban such second tries and told the department to re-evaluate the rule.
Read moreWildEarth Guardians claims Interior Secretary David Bernhardt approved 2,067 oil and gas leases in five Western states without proper environmental review, in federal court.
Read moreThe Sierra Club sued the Department of the Interior and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement for information whether they consulted with the Fish & Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as required, before issuing permits for “highly destructive” surface mining.
Read moreThe Navajo Nation sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court, claiming he cut funding for the nation’s Judicial Branch from $17 million each calendar year from 2014 to 2018 to less than $1.5 million this year.
Read moreThe Montana Environmental Information Center, et al. sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court for approving a 6,500-acre expansion of the Rosebud coal strip mine in Montana.
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The Interior Department is proposing to award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity to a powerful rural water district that employed Secretary David Bernhardt as a lawyer and lobbyist.
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Evidence is mounting that wild North American bison are gradually shedding their genetic diversity across many of the isolated herds overseen by the U.S. government, weakening future resilience against disease and climate events in the shadow of human encroachment.
Read moreThe Center for Biological Diversity sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt in federal court for “failing to designate critical habitat for 14 endangered species of plants and animals from the island of Hawaii.”
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Grizzly bears could soon roam the North Cascade mountains in Washington state and revitalize the alpine forest, but not everyone welcomes the prospect of the keystone predator’s return.
Read moreThe Animal Legal Defense Fund sued Interior Secretary David Bernhardt and his agency’s creatures in federal court, claiming they illegally undermined the Endangered Species Act through regulations.
Read moreThe Interior Department is reviewing recommendations to modernize campgrounds at national parks. The recommendations posted online this week come from an advisory committee created under former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke that has been looking at ways for private businesses to operate on public lands.
Read moreSave 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.
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