ProjectEnvironment, Politics The State of the Interior As the Department of the Interior embraces industry interests, US public lands are left vulnerable to private sector exploitation under the Trump administration. A man holds a sign as he waits at the Kanab Airport to protest U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke on May 10, 2017 in Kanab, Utah. Zinke has been in the state of Utah since Sunday talking with state and local officials and touring the Bears Ears National Monument and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, to help determine their future status under the Trump Administration. Image: George Frey/Getty Images Investigations InvestigationEnvironment, Politics DOI Scientist Resigned After Demand for Sensitive Oil Data Another controversy hits the Interior Department. Adam FedermanMother JonesFebruary 21, 2018 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Giving Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands Trump's Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling. Adam FedermanThe NationDecember 8, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior. Adam FedermanThe NationNovember 16, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Strategic Plan Leaked draft of a DOI five-year plan reveals the priority of “energy dominance.” Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 25, 2017 InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Despite Trump’s Efforts, the Coal Industry is Scaling Back Even as he offers them new opportunities, executives are quietly saying ‘no thanks.’ Adam FedermanThe Washington PostOctober 13, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior. Adam FedermanThe NationAugust 2, 2017 InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The War on Coal States President Trump may be a friend to producers of coal — but his administration is already working to shortchange the communities that produce it. Adam FedermanSlate MagazineJune 15, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics DOI Scientist Resigned After Demand for Sensitive Oil Data Another controversy hits the Interior Department. Adam FedermanMother JonesFebruary 21, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Giving Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands Trump's Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling. Adam FedermanThe NationDecember 8, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior. Adam FedermanThe NationNovember 16, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Strategic Plan Leaked draft of a DOI five-year plan reveals the priority of “energy dominance.” Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 25, 2017
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Despite Trump’s Efforts, the Coal Industry is Scaling Back Even as he offers them new opportunities, executives are quietly saying ‘no thanks.’ Adam FedermanThe Washington PostOctober 13, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior. Adam FedermanThe NationAugust 2, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The War on Coal States President Trump may be a friend to producers of coal — but his administration is already working to shortchange the communities that produce it. Adam FedermanSlate MagazineJune 15, 2017