When the Department of the Interior’s Royalty Policy Committee (RPC) meets today in Albuquerque to consider streamlining oil and gas permitting on federal lands, two new members supposedly representing the […]

As part of a multi-day trip to the Dakotas, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is scheduled to address the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference tomorrow morning. The event is hosted by the […]

A Washington Post story, based in part on records obtained by Western Values Project, reveals how Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and his wife have used his post for exclusive tours and patronage for friends. “This three-hour […]

Anti-public lands Congressman Greg Gianforte (R-MT) has been tapped to lead the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Interior, Energy, and Environment, a key panel that keeps watch over […]

Watchdog group files FOIA request to learn what the EPA knows about Interior Secretary After The Atlantic reported that embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt’s communications team has […]

Released drafts undermine historic deal in favor of special interests The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued draft environmental impact statements (DEIS) to federally mandate an overhaul of state-level sage-grouse […]

Ex-lobbyist has no ethics waivers filed for decisions before the Department Deputy Secretary of Interior and ex-lobbyist David Bernhardt issued an agency-wide memo announcing new ethics initiatives for the department, […]

Ethics officials were given incomplete information about Zinke’s trip to visit hockey team owned by a campaign donor The Department of Interior Inspector General (IG) released a report today confirming […]

Interior Inspector General’s report released on reassignments The Interior’s Inspector General released a report on Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke’s politically motivated efforts to reassign career civil servants at […]

The administration’s cloaked attempt to steal your public lands Just a few weeks ago a Department of Interior spokesperson denounced a Montana Farm Bureau official for suggesting that Secretary of […]