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The State of the Interior

As the Department of the Interior embraces industry interests, US public lands are left vulnerable to private sector exploitation under the Trump administration.

Investigations

DOI Scientist Resigned After Demand for Sensitive Oil Data

Another controversy hits the Interior Department.

Giving Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands

Trump's BLM is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to drilling.

The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness

A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior.

Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Strategic Plan

Leaked five-year plan reveals the priority of “energy dominance.”

Despite Trump’s Efforts, the Coal Industry is Scaling Back

Executives are quietly saying ‘no thanks.’

Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth

Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior.

The War on Coal States

President Trump may be a friend to producers of coal — but his administration is already working to shortchange the communities that produce it.

News & Analysis

Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Trump Administration Demanded Sensitive Oil Data

A top government scientist resigned in protest.

Trump’s Coal-Friendly Arguments Fail in Court

The decision could have consequences for other environmental regulations the administration has been working to roll back.

DOI is poised to open up millions of acres to drilling and mining while stripping environmental protections.
The oil and gas industry is now taking full advantage of the access offered by its allies at the DOI.
The previous 2014-2018 DOI plan referred to climate change 46 times. This new leaked draft: zero times.
The DOI's staff shakeup is an unprecedented, politically motivated reorganizing of agency goals.
BLM is abandoning long-term management, or Master Leasing Plans, designed to balance development and conservation.
A DOI scientist resigned over officials' request for sensitive data on Alaskan oil and gas. The pressure to disclose the data violated written guidelines followed by the US Geological Survey.