President Trump publicly asked how much science “knows” about climate change. And he questioned its connection to the wildfires currently raging out West, the effects of which have been felt on both coasts.

Trump’s latest comments regarding science, climate change, and the raging fires across the West exemplify the apathetic ignorance of his administration whose obsession with the polluting fossil fuel industry is only making it worse. President Trump’s outlandish comments underline the administration’s climate denial policy objectives that started the day after the 2016 election when Trump implored swamp creatures like corrupt former lobbyist David Bernhardt to assist with the transition.

It’s no secret that the Trump administration has prioritized bailing out Big Oil and extractive resource corporations over assistance for workers, struggling small businesses, and the unemployed, but new reporting by the Casper Star-Tribune, based on research by Western Values Project, further highlights the windfall for oil and gas producers in Wyoming after the Interior Department’s unilateral decision to grant royalty relief and suspend leases.

At a time when both state and local governments, workers, and American families are struggling to pay their bills, the Trump administration is asking taxpayers to bail out some of […]

A new ticker on WilliamPendley.org finds that Pendley has served as the bureau’s acting director for over 409 days, well beyond the limit established in law. Western Values Project released PendleyOvertime on Twitter and complied additional research on of some of the most salient examples of why senators must demand a pink slip for Pendley.

Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt and EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, both former extractive resource lobbyists, will be attending an event in Arizona to make an announcement about the Rio Salado Urban Waters Partnership. Both Trump administration cabinet members must answer for their dirty water policies.

Corrupt Administration’s Objectives Of A Bureau Brain-Drain And Special Interest Access Achieved  Following the Interior’s Office of the Inspector General report that concluded that Interior officials misled Congress, Western Values Project Director Jayson O’Neill issued the following response:  As this investigation rightfully concludes, […]

It’s not exactly surprising, considering they were both appointed by Donald Trump. But it is outrageous. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and Acting Bureau of Land Management Director William Pendley are […]