"Interior Solicitor Nominee Faces Heavy Workload, Serious Scrutiny"
"Legal challenges abound for Daniel Jorjani, formally nominated yesterday to fill the long-vacant position of Interior Department solicitor."
Source: Greenwire, 04/03/2019
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"Polluted by Money"
"How corporate cash corrupted one of the greenest states in America"
Source: Portland Oregonian, 03/25/2019
Trump Admin Loosens Sage Grouse Protections, Benefiting Oil Companies
"The Trump administration on Friday finalized its plan to loosen Obama-era protections on the habitat of the sage grouse, an imperiled ground-nesting bird that roams across 10 oil-rich Western states."
Source: , 03/18/2019
"Disputed US Oil And Gas Lease Sale In Wyoming Nets $88M"
"A disputed federal oil and gas lease sale in Wyoming that ended Friday was among the biggest recently in the state, bringing in almost $88 million amid environmental groups’ concern that drilling the public land could imperil migrating wildlife and a ground-dwelling bird."
Source: AP, 03/04/2019
Complaint: Interior Filled With Ex-Lobbyists Cozy with Former Employers
"Only a few short weeks after President Donald Trump nominated David Bernhardt, a former oil and agriculture industry lobbyist, to run the Interior Department, the agency is facing a slew of new allegations that top officials violated federal ethics rules by keeping cozy ties to their former employers."
Source: The Intercept, 02/21/2019
Trump Plans Rollback of Sage Grouse Protections to Spur Oil Exploration
"The Trump administration on Thursday published documents detailing its plan to roll back Obama-era protections for the vast habitat of the greater sage grouse, a chickenlike bird that roams across nearly 11 million acres in 10 oil-rich Western states."
Source: NY Times, 12/07/2018
"Death by Fertilizer"
"Nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster. Abandoning it would be a bigger disaster. Now a dozen billionaires are funding an alternative."
Source: Grist, 10/03/2018
"Eight Bird Species Are First Confirmed Avian Extinctions This Decade"
"Spix’s macaw, a brilliant blue species of Brazilian parrot that starred in the children’s animation Rio, has become extinct this century, according to a new assessment of endangered birds."
Source: Guardian, 09/06/2018
8 States Are Fighting Trump’s Attempt To Declaw Migratory Bird Treaty
"Eight state attorneys general filed a legal challenge Wednesday to the Trump administration's bid to dramatically weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, a century-old law established to protect birds."
Source: Washington Post, 09/06/2018
"Helping Solve The Wildest Crimes"
"The young golden eagle on the operating table showed no outward signs of trauma. An X-ray had revealed no fractures."
Source: Washington Post, 09/03/2018
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