Fraud in the Tongass
The Trump administration is subsidizing the clear-cut and export of America’s largest national forest, despite evidence of logging’s high cost and meager economic return.
Public Lands
Trump USDA’s New Plan for Agencies Is Latest Setback to Public Research
The announced move of two agencies out of Washington and under new USDA management places research integrity and public data at risk.
Oil and Gas Companies Gain by Stockpiling America’s Federal Land
The oil and gas industry is using America’s public lands to pad their own bottom line at the expense of U.S. taxpayers.
How Cheap Federal Leases Benefit Oil and Gas Companies
The oil and gas industry is using undeveloped federal leases of U.S. public lands to inflate corporate valuations while shortchanging U.S. taxpayers.
The Favor Factory
A culture of corruption in President Donald Trump’s Interior Department may be resulting in lucrative rewards for the political patrons and past clients of Secretary Ryan Zinke, Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt, and other senior Trump administration officials.
Zinke’s Plans Could Undermine the Sage-Grouse Conservation Strategy and Endangered Species Act
Interior Secretary Zinke is risking the success of the 11-state plan to conserve the greater sage-grouse and its habitat and is weakening a bedrock environmental law.
3 Ways the House Farm Bill Would Hurt America’s Land, Water, and Wildlife
Congress’ first attempt at the next Farm Bill guts support on which farmers and land managers rely to be good stewards of the nation's natural resources, while cutting important conservation programs and weakening environmental laws.
Restoring Balance
This report provides a path forward for federal, state, and city governments to safeguard the ecological and economic health of the American West by protecting and restoring its waterways.
The Fire Sale of America’s Oceans
To benefit oil drillers, the Department of the Interior is ignoring its legal mandate for sound fiscal and environmental stewardship of the public trust.
Zinke’s Cynical Plan to Make America’s National Parks Dependent on Mining and Drilling
The Trump administration's ideas for America's national parks are fiscally dishonest and wholly insufficient.
Interior Department for Sale
In just one year, these five lobbyists and industry representatives successfully swung Interior Secretary Zinke to the far right.
BONUS EPISODE: The Trump Administration Is Selling Your Public Lands for $212
This week, Michele and Igor speak with two tribal leaders about the Trump administration's decision to reopen two national monuments for drilling and mining.
The Trump Administration Is Selling Your Public Lands on the Internet
The federal government will soon sell off many prized public lands for drilling through a private, online auction system.
Measuring the Loss of American Wildlife if the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Is Drilled
One-third of polar bear denning habitat in the United States is located in the area that the tax bill would convert to an industrial oil field.
‘The President Stole Your Land’
This week, Michele and Igor sit down with CAP Senior Fellow Matt Lee-Ashley and Patagonia's director of philosophy, Vincent Stanley, to discuss President Trump's recent cuts to Utah monuments.