The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program ArticleOctober 8, 2025 The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program Despite a professed dedication to cutting waste and inefficiency, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to an exceptionally wasteful area of the federal government: the oil and gas program. Oct 8, 2025 Sophie Conroy, Jenny Rowland-Shea
The Trump Administration’s Expansive Push to Sell Out Public Lands to the Highest Bidder ReportSeptember 22, 2025 The Trump Administration’s Expansive Push to Sell Out Public Lands to the Highest Bidder After bipartisan opposition forced Senate Republicans to remove language from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have sold off public lands, the Trump administration is still moving forward with proposals to transfer control over tens of millions of acres of public land to the oil and gas, mining, and timber industries. Sep 22, 2025 Drew McConville, Mariel Lutz, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Congressional Republicans’ Big Shift on Public Land Payments to Counties ArticleAugust 21, 2025 Congressional Republicans’ Big Shift on Public Land Payments to Counties While the One Big Beautiful Bill Act may have stopped short of selling off public lands, it did end some public land payments that rural communities have relied on since 1908—diverting those funds to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy. Aug 21, 2025 Mark Haggerty, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Counterpoint: America Needs Affordable Energy; Coal Doesn’t Fit the Bill In the NewsAugust 7, 2025 Counterpoint: America Needs Affordable Energy; Coal Doesn’t Fit the Bill In an op-ed published by Inside Sources, Jenny Rowland-Shea explains that President Trump's efforts to revive the dying coal industry will cost the United States time and money we cannot afford to waste. Aug 7, 2025 Inside Sources Jenny Rowland-Shea
The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands ArticleJuly 1, 2025 The Trump Administration Is Recklessly Axing Funding and Staff for America’s National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands The number of visitors to America’s public lands remains at an all-time high, while the Trump administration has made drastic cuts to popular agencies. Jul 1, 2025 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters ArticleMay 6, 2025 Congress’ Tax Bill Is Selling Out America’s Public Lands and Waters The tax bill would now include the largest sellout of public lands by Congress in modern U.S. history. May 6, 2025 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Drew McConville
Inside Trump’s Plan to Sell Out America’s Public Lands to Mining ReportMay 1, 2025 Inside Trump’s Plan to Sell Out America’s Public Lands to Mining President Trump’s “mine everywhere” executive order calls for a list of national public lands with potential mineral deposits and the prioritization of mining on those lands—a move that would cut off access to some of America’s most iconic places. May 1, 2025 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund ArticleFebruary 20, 2025 Trump Quietly Plans To Liquidate Public Lands To Finance His Sovereign Wealth Fund President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund requires that the United States come up with heaps of cash quickly, which may make selling out and selling off public lands irresistible. Feb 20, 2025 Mark Haggerty, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Opening More Lands and Waters for Oil Drilling Won’t Lower Energy Prices ArticleFebruary 10, 2025 Opening More Lands and Waters for Oil Drilling Won’t Lower Energy Prices Promises to lower prices through mandating oil leasing are overblown and would actually line the pockets of Big Oil. Feb 10, 2025 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Mariel Lutz
The Biden Administration Took Record-Breaking Conservation Action ArticleJanuary 17, 2025 The Biden Administration Took Record-Breaking Conservation Action The Biden administration’s record-breaking conservation actions are one of the most popular pieces of their legacy. Jan 17, 2025 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands ReportJanuary 16, 2025 8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands Corporate insiders have shamelessly lined up a suite of proposals to enrich themselves at the expense of American families and future generations. President-elect Trump will soon make his choice: reject these bad ideas or sell out America’s parks and public lands on the cheap. Jan 16, 2025 Drew McConville, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Project 2025 Would Put the Oil and Gas Industry Before Americans and Their Public Lands ArticleOctober 17, 2024 Project 2025 Would Put the Oil and Gas Industry Before Americans and Their Public Lands Project 2025 would further benefit oil and gas CEOs and investors at the expense of the health, well-being, and economic freedom of everyday Americans by offering up public lands and waters to the oil and gas industry. Oct 17, 2024 Mariel Lutz, Jenny Rowland-Shea
The Oil and Gas Industry Is Behind Offshore Wind Misinformation ArticleDecember 11, 2023 The Oil and Gas Industry Is Behind Offshore Wind Misinformation A complex network of interest groups funded by the oil and gas industry is spreading anti-offshore wind misinformation. Dec 11, 2023 Mariel Lutz, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Biden’s Opportunity To Protect the Western Arctic in the Wake of the Willow Project ReportNovember 14, 2023 Biden’s Opportunity To Protect the Western Arctic in the Wake of the Willow Project The Biden administration has the opportunity to champion conservation by strengthening protections in the Western Arctic to ensure the United States isn’t faced with another controversial Willow Project. Nov 14, 2023 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
How the Federal Government Can Hold the Oil and Gas Industry Accountable ReportSeptember 19, 2023 How the Federal Government Can Hold the Oil and Gas Industry Accountable Oil and gas companies have been cheating the leasing and drilling system for years, but the Biden administration has the tools to hold them accountable. Sep 19, 2023 Mariel Lutz, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Ecosystem Benefits of the Thompson Divide Mineral Withdrawal ArticleJune 13, 2023 Ecosystem Benefits of the Thompson Divide Mineral Withdrawal The Thompson Divide hosts more than 110,000 acres of some of Colorado’s most high-quality, undeveloped, and valuable habitat for wildlife, making it worthy of a 20-year withdrawal from oil and gas leasing. Jun 13, 2023 Sharon Ferguson, Jenny Rowland-Shea
After Getting Willow Project Wrong, Biden Must Get These Climate and Public Lands Decisions Right ArticleMarch 17, 2023 After Getting Willow Project Wrong, Biden Must Get These Climate and Public Lands Decisions Right President Biden and his team must cement new protections for U.S. lands and waters, secure additional climate progress, and prevent bad decisions such as the Willow project from happening again. Mar 17, 2023 Drew McConville, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Local Communities and Tribes Have Seen Historic Funding for Conservation Thanks to the Biden Administration ArticleDecember 20, 2022 Local Communities and Tribes Have Seen Historic Funding for Conservation Thanks to the Biden Administration President Biden has channeled over $10 billion to local land conservation efforts and conserved more than 12 million acres of land, furthering the nation’s 30x30 efforts. Dec 20, 2022 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea
Nations Must Link Climate and Nature Crises, or Risk Failing To Address Both ArticleDecember 5, 2022 Nations Must Link Climate and Nature Crises, or Risk Failing To Address Both As the U.N. conference on biodiversity begins, participating nations must do what those at the recent climate change conference failed to accomplish: acknowledge the link between the climate and nature crises, setting up governments to take bold action on both. Dec 5, 2022 Anne Christianson, Sally Hardin, Miriam Goldstein, 1 More Jenny Rowland-Shea
Executive Action vs. the Nature Crisis: Top 8 Opportunities President Biden Should Pursue To Meet His America the Beautiful Commitment ReportNovember 22, 2022 Executive Action vs. the Nature Crisis: Top 8 Opportunities President Biden Should Pursue To Meet His America the Beautiful Commitment President Joe Biden committed to putting the United States on a path to conserve 30 percent of its lands and waters by 2030; here are eight major opportunities he must pursue immediately to achieve this goal. Nov 22, 2022 Drew McConville, Michael Freeman, Sam Zeno, 4 More Ryan Richards, Angelo Villagomez, Jenny Rowland-Shea, Nicole Gentile
Project Decisions in Alaska Will Help Define Biden’s Conservation and Climate Legacy ArticleNovember 22, 2022 Project Decisions in Alaska Will Help Define Biden’s Conservation and Climate Legacy From a potential Arctic oil drilling hub to a mine that threatens one of the world’s most productive salmon fisheries, a series of upcoming project decisions in Alaska are poised to shape the Biden administration’s conservation and climate legacy. Nov 22, 2022 Drew McConville, Jenny Rowland-Shea, Michael Freeman
5 Reasons the Willow Oil Drilling Project Would Fail To Lower Gas Prices and Only Benefit Big Oil ArticleNovember 15, 2022 5 Reasons the Willow Oil Drilling Project Would Fail To Lower Gas Prices and Only Benefit Big Oil ConocoPhillips’ proposed Willow drilling project is a climate and economic disaster in waiting. Nov 15, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea
Conservation Action Can Win Over the Media and the Public ArticleOctober 6, 2022 Conservation Action Can Win Over the Media and the Public In a deeply divided nation, conservation remains an indisputably popular and bipartisan issue. Oct 6, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Jennifer Rokala
National Monuments Are a Missing Piece in Biden’s Equitable Conservation Agenda ArticleAugust 23, 2022 National Monuments Are a Missing Piece in Biden’s Equitable Conservation Agenda The Biden administration should use the Antiquities Act to designate more national monuments to address a history of unjust federal land protection and increase access to culturally significant landscapes. Aug 23, 2022 Sam Zeno, Jenny Rowland-Shea, Cassandra Carmichael, 3 More José G. González, Bennae Calac, Shanna Edberg
4 Reasons the Willow Oil Project Is Unfit for Approval ArticleAugust 9, 2022 4 Reasons the Willow Oil Project Is Unfit for Approval President Biden must reject ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil drilling project to sustain progress toward achieving the administration’s ambitious climate goals. Aug 9, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea
The Oil Industry’s Grip on Public Lands and Waters May Be Slowing Progress Toward Energy Independence ReportJuly 19, 2022 The Oil Industry’s Grip on Public Lands and Waters May Be Slowing Progress Toward Energy Independence Seventy-seven percent of public lands in the western United States that are ideal for renewable energy projects are in areas with low or no oil and gas potential, yet they are still prioritized for oil and gas leasing. Jul 19, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Zainab Mirza
These Top 5 Oil Companies Just Raked In $35 Billion While Americans Pay More at the Pump ArticleMay 17, 2022 These Top 5 Oil Companies Just Raked In $35 Billion While Americans Pay More at the Pump While families on tight budgets struggle to pay the sky-high price of gas, these five oil companies more than tripled their profits in the first quarter of 2022. May 17, 2022 Sally Hardin, Jenny Rowland-Shea
It’s Time To Protect Bristol Bay VideoMay 9, 2022 It’s Time To Protect Bristol Bay The EPA should protect Bristol Bay under the Clean Water Act to ensure that its waters can continue to support local fisheries, Indigenous tribes, and the Alaskan economy. May 9, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Miriam Goldstein, Sally Hardin, 1 More Toni Pandolfo
Achieving Energy Independence While Supporting European Allies ArticleMarch 22, 2022 Achieving Energy Independence While Supporting European Allies Congress and the White House should act immediately to support our European allies and build long-term energy independence, while also providing American families with relief from the increased costs inflicted by the fossil fuel industry profiteering off Putin’s war on Ukraine. Mar 22, 2022 Anne Christianson, Shannon Baker-Branstetter, Trevor Higgins, 3 More Sally Hardin, Jenny Rowland-Shea, Nicole Gentile
5 Reasons Why the United States Can’t Drill Its Way to Energy Independence ArticleMarch 10, 2022 5 Reasons Why the United States Can’t Drill Its Way to Energy Independence The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations. Mar 10, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Sally Hardin, Miriam Goldstein, 1 More Nicole Gentile
The Biden Administration’s Easiest Climate Win Is Waiting in the Arctic ArticleMarch 3, 2022 The Biden Administration’s Easiest Climate Win Is Waiting in the Arctic The ConocoPhillips Willow oil project threatens to erase the climate benefits of renewables on public lands and waters. Mar 3, 2022 Jenny Rowland-Shea
Nature Loss Threatens America’s Best Defense Against Climate Change ReportDecember 15, 2021 Nature Loss Threatens America’s Best Defense Against Climate Change The America the Beautiful initiative can turn U.S. lands from a ticking climate bomb—instigated by nature loss and increasing wildfires—into a reliable and growing carbon sink. Dec 15, 2021 Ryan Richards, Jenny Rowland-Shea, Nicole Gentile
How Oil Lobbyists Use a Rigged System to Hamstring Biden’s Climate Agenda ArticleSeptember 30, 2021 How Oil Lobbyists Use a Rigged System to Hamstring Biden’s Climate Agenda The oil lobby is undermining climate action and stand to benefit from the largest oil and gas lease sale to date. Sep 30, 2021 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Zainab Mirza
The Revenue-Raising Opportunity To Fund Climate and Conservation ArticleAugust 31, 2021 The Revenue-Raising Opportunity To Fund Climate and Conservation Congress can raise revenues to fund climate action on public lands by fixing the broken federal leasing program. Aug 31, 2021 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Ryan Richards
Permanent Protections for Bristol Bay Would Be a Win for Tribes, Climate Action, and the Alaska Economy ArticleJune 3, 2021 Permanent Protections for Bristol Bay Would Be a Win for Tribes, Climate Action, and the Alaska Economy By taking action to protect the watershed of the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery, the EPA can support indigenous-led conservation and a robust economy in the region. Jun 3, 2021 Jenny Rowland-Shea, Sally Hardin, Miriam Goldstein
6 Ways To Create Jobs and Solve Climate Change Through Nature-Based Infrastructure ArticleMay 19, 2021 6 Ways To Create Jobs and Solve Climate Change Through Nature-Based Infrastructure The American Jobs Plan should increase investments in conservation and agriculture. May 19, 2021 Ryan Richards, Jenny Rowland-Shea