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September 9, 2018 by

REPORT: Lobbyist-Turned-Interior-Deputy David Bernhardt’s Dirty Record After One Year

Who has been running the Interior Department while Secretary Ryan Zinke has been out of the office for the last three weeks? Meet Interior’s #2: Zinke’s dirty Deputy Secretary David […]

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July 11, 2018 by

Wheeler’s EPA: Is a Foreign Uranium Company On Verge of Getting More Wishes Granted?

After successfully lobbying the administration to gut Bears Ears protections for his former client, what will Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler do next? Perhaps because he is afraid of getting booted […]

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Reports

May 22, 2018 by

Secretary Ryan Zinke’s campaign donations and financial ties to the 2018 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference sponsors

Ryan Zinke has raked in $85,800 from the 2018 Williston Basin Petroleum Conference sponsors, their executives, parent companies, and affiliated PACs. Ryan Zinke raked in $23,400 from Halliburton, his fifth-largest […]

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March 28, 2018 by

Report: A year of energy industry influence and access at Interior

Background On March 28, 2017, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Promoting Energy Independence. The following day Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued a Secretarial Order on “American Energy […]

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Reports

March 1, 2018 by

Report on possible instances of corruption in Zinke’s Interior Department

Report on Possible Instances of Corruption in Zinke’s Interior Department- 1 Year Anniversary

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Reports

February 19, 2018 by

Report: Full analysis of oil and gas industry communication with Interior and State Bureau of Land Management on sage grouse overhaul

Western Values Project released a report analyzing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) responses received from the Department of the Interior and State Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that shows how oil and gas industry trade groups and lobbyists are influencing decisions at Interior on sage grouse and a host of other issues.

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Blog Reports

February 13, 2018 by

What was taken out of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments?

Many of the areas cut from protection in both monuments are rich in oil, gas, and coal resources On December 4, 2017, President Donald Trump announced historic reductions to public […]

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February 12, 2018 by

Report: Utah Rep. Noel to benefit personally and professionally from new reduced Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument boundary

Leading anti-public land Utah Representative Mike Noel’s grand carveout leaves many questions unanswered Background on Noel Anti-public lands leader Mike Noel is a Utah Rep. for District 73 and the Executive […]

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December 13, 2017 by

Oregon 02 National Monument Polling

Western Values Project – Monuments Survey – OR02 – Full

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December 13, 2017 by

Washington 03 National Monuments Polling

Western Values Project – Monuments Survey – WA03 – Full

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