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January 7, 2020 by

Rollbacks to Bedrock Environmental Law Expected to Follow Interior’s Pro-Industry Push

Major Rollbacks to National Environmental Policy Act Expected to Reflect Sec. Bernhardt’s Long-Desired Revisions With rollbacks to the bedrock National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) expected to be released as soon […]

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January 2, 2020 by

Anti-Public Lands Zealot Pendley Redelegated Authority of Public Lands Bureau Director

After already serving as the unconfirmed Acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for five months, William Perry Pendley has officially been redelegated authority to lead America’s largest public lands management agency by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt.

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December 20, 2019 by

Senate Budget Shorts Critical Public Lands Fund

Key Western Senators Fail to Deliver Full and Permanent Funding For Land and Water Conservation Fund; Shorted $405 Million The Senate passed a major spending bill for the 2020 fiscal […]

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November 8, 2019 by

FACT CHECK: New BLM HQ Move Talking Points Filled with Political Spin, Falsehoods

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently uploaded a new FAQ section to its website outlining what it says are the reasons why the agency is relocating to new headquarters […]

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November 8, 2019 by

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Holds Hearing On The Nomination Of David Bernhardt For Interior Secretary

BREAKING: Interior Sec. Bernhardt Attempting Water Giveaway to Former Client

Sweetheart Deal Would Give Bernhardt’s Former Client, Westlands Water District, Major Water Supply in Perpetuity Western Values Project released the following statement in response to an Associated Press report that […]

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November 6, 2019 by

Sen. McSally Fails to Support Permanent LWCF Funding, Open to Public Land Sell-Off

In E&E News Interview, McSally Says She Has a “Different Philosophy” on Permanent LWCF Funding Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) failed to commit to fully and permanently funding the Land and […]

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August 19, 2019 by

New Inspector General to Join Interior Amid Slew of Ethics Scandals

Mark Greenblatt Will Inherit Full Caseload as Inspector General at Interior Interior’s new Inspector General, Mark Greenblatt, is slated to begin his job soon, overseeing the Interior Department’s ethics probes […]

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July 24, 2019 by

Inspector General Confirms Investigation as Groups Uncover More Evidence of Political Interference at Interior

Improper ‘Political Review Process’ Has Led to Political Coverup Western Values Project, a Montana-based nonprofit conservation group, and Campaign for Accountability, a nonprofit watchdog group focused on public accountability, have […]

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June 26, 2019 by

Who Else is Under Interior’s Political Awareness Review Process?

A new analysis by Western Values Project discovered that major media outlets including The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Politico, The Hill and others, as well as watchdog organizations, were subject to the political awareness review, causing delays and, in some cases, limiting responsive public documents being released.

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June 21, 2019 by

Only Seven Emails From Bernhardt’s Desk Available Out of 27,375 Documents in Online Database

Only seven of the 27,375 documents released by the Interior Department publicly accessible in a new online database were written by Secretary David Bernhardt, suggesting that Interior is withholding key documents and emails written by Bernhardt. The apparent suppression of Bernhardt’s documents come as Interior is facing lawsuits and calls for investigations into the secret political review process of pending public records requests.

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