Jayson O'Neill

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July 12, 2017 by

ICYMI: Utah Republican legislators caught bashing Trump/Zinke efforts

Emails reveal Utah legislative leaders bashing Secretary Zinke, opposing executive action, and letting special interests write legislation Email correspondence (available here and here) obtained by the Western Values Project (WVP) reveals that behind […]

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June 30, 2017 by

FACT CHECK: Secretary Zinke loose with the numbers

Distorts BLM oil and gas leasing numbers in Bloomberg interview The numbers do not add up in Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s latest pitch to roll back common sense […]

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June 28, 2017 by

Rigged: Industry’s real burden – low energy prices

Over the past few years, the oil and gas industry – aided by its army of lobbyists and millions of dollars in campaign donations – has spun a fabulous tale […]

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June 27, 2017 by

Two more ex-lobbyists nominated for Interior posts

Both Douglas Domenech and Brenda Burman are part of a pattern of ex-Bush officials and ex-lobbyists joining the administration Adding to the growing list of questionable appointments, the Trump administration […]

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June 27, 2017 by

Secretary of the Interior Zinke tucks tail at Western Governors’ Association meeting

In what appears to be a meet and run, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke failed to address critical questions from Western governors in public at their annual meeting in […]

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June 26, 2017 by

Trump’s public asset sell off and privatization scheme

As the Trump administration continues to try to justify an immoral, unbalanced budget with a $2 trillion accounting error, more cabinet members are pitching real estate deals to sell off […]

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June 23, 2017 by

Print, TV ad campaign launches in CO, MT, NV, and WY pushing pack against Secretary Zinke’s review of BLM’s Sage-Grouse Plans

Campaign timed to coincide with the Western Governors’ Association meeting in Montana We launched a six-figure TV, digital, and print campaign in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, and Wyoming in advance of […]

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June 22, 2017 by

TRUMP FACT CHECK: Federal public lands already belong to federal taxpayers

Manhattan real estate developer confused over ownership of nation’s public lands President Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters in Iowa that he would “‘end the last administration’s land grab’” […]

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June 21, 2017 by

Rigged: Industry already has the keys to the kingdom

Two weeks ago, in an eleventh-hour decision, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) bowed to opposition from Governor Herbert of Utah, several communities in southwestern Utah and 25 local businesses […]

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June 21, 2017 by

VIDEO: Acting Interior #2 admits regulatory review was over before it started

Top official concedes 2/3rds of rules were slated to be axed months before review was announced Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced a sweeping review of the department’s rules […]

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