National monuments slashed by Trump officially open to mining
As of 9 a.m. EST yesterday the extractive industry gained drilling and mining access to previously protected American land, according to an order issued by …
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The Far-Right Campaign to Destroy Our National Monuments
Trump’s attack on the two national monuments, after all, wasn’t just a lucky break, a gift that fell from the sky. Rather, it was the …
Will the real Ryan Zinke please ride up?
Montana-born interior secretary Ryan Zinke meticulously crafts his image as a wilderness-loving western cowboy and sportsman. But nine months into his job at the Department …
The Lies in the Secret National Monuments Memo
Over the weekend, the Associated Press and The Washington Post published the secret memo Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke sent to President Trump detailing the findings of his four-month review of …
Daily Roundup of Bad Conservation News
What started as one important conservation news story we wanted to share morphed into a slew of bad news emanating from the horror show that …