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March 31, 2020 by

Trump Opens Backdoor for Big Oil and Coal Bailout

Big oil and coal corporations continued their pity-party this week after Congressional Democrats blocked efforts to earmark specific taxpayer-funded carve-outs for extractive industries in the CARES Act. President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell left plenty of loopholes and backdoors open for big oil and coal corporations to cash in on billions of tax dollars.

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March 27, 2020 by

Interior to Follow EPA Rollback of Environmental Protections and Regulations for Big Oil and Coal

No End Date Set on Rollbacks  President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency announced major rollbacks of environmental protections and enforcement after big oil and coal lobbyists, extractive corporations, and industry associations […]

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March 25, 2020 by

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Trump and Bernhardt Silent After Forcing Locals to Triage Risks as Parks Close Across America

A cascade of park closures swept the nation a mere week after President Trump and Interior Secretary Bernhardt announced they would waive national park entrance fees and encouraged visitors and tourism to some of the country’s least medically-equipped areas. Both have remained silent…

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March 24, 2020 by

How Much Will the Trump Administration Give Away to Big Oil?

Big Oil has propped up the Trump administration to the tune of nearly $9 million in donations and now they want a return on their investment. How big and how many environmental rollbacks will be done to shore up the financially unsustainable industry remains a question. President Trump has already raked in some $1.8 million in campaign contributions from…

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March 18, 2020 by

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

Bernhardt Ignores Health Official’s Plea During National Health Crisis

Moab Health Officials Urge Visitors to Stay Away as Secretary Suspends Park Fees and Fails to Provide Consistent Guidance Interior Secretary David Bernhardt just announced that the Trump administration would […]

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March 17, 2020 by

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Statement: Trump’s Interior Must Suspend Pending Oil and Gas Lease Sales

Statement: Trump’s Interior Must Suspend Pending Oil and Gas Lease Sales, Public Comment Periods, and Policy Decisions Interior Hasn’t Given Assurances During National Health Crisis Western Values Project issued a […]

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March 3, 2020 by

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

Interior Secretary Must Answer To Trump Budget, Ongoing Ethics Investigations, BLM Move

Bernhardt To Defend Indefensible Trump Budget While Other Corruption Questions Loom Tomorrow, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt will appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee to speak to the Trump administration’s proposed […]

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March 2, 2020 by

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Lawsuit Filed Seeking Interior Secretary Bernhardt’s Withheld Communications

Continued Lack of Transparency and Public Record Stonewalling Forced Watchdog to Take Legal Action Today, American Oversight filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, […]

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February 20, 2020 by

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Trump Visit Comes as Administration’s Corruption Plagues Colorado Public Lands

No one should buy what Donald Trump and his cohorts are selling. The reality is Trump and his billionaire pals are getting richer by shutting the rest of us out of our American birthright.

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February 6, 2020 by

BLM Wastes Tax Dollars, Spins Wheels with Final Management Plans for Illegally Reduced Utah Monuments

Legal Challenge Still Pending on Trump’s Illegal Monument Reduction The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released final plans for the two illegally reduced national monuments in Utah in what could […]

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