Department of the Interior

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April 2, 2025

A Backward March: Another Month of Attacks on Federal Science

Jules Barbati-Dajches
Analyst

Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE)

June 21, 2021

Undercutting Climate Goals, Biden Administration Greenlights Oil Drilling in Alaska

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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April 6, 2021

Fossil Fuels and Public Lands: How the US Interior Department Can Act on Climate Right Now

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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January 28, 2021

Outgoing Administration Gave Thumbs Up to Migratory Bird Massacre. It’s Time to Reverse the Damage.

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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January 26, 2021

President Biden’s Fast Start at the Interior Department

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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December 2, 2020

Internal Emails Show Discord as Interior Department Moves to Gut Migratory Birds Rule

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

November 25, 2020

Trump’s Rushed Oil Leasing in the Arctic: A Dumpster Fire of Desperation, Greed, and Crippling Loyalty Tests

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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November 25, 2020

Want More Science-Based Policies? Start by Protecting the Scientists

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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October 7, 2020

Interior Department Suppresses Study on Polar Bears to Plunder Alaska’s Arctic, Then Caves to Pressure

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

September 30, 2020

Pendley Is Ousted, but Interior Continues to Protect Its Illegal Hire

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

August 21, 2020

Migratory Birds vs. the Trump Administration: This Time the Birds Win

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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August 18, 2020

William Pendley is Still Bad News—and Still Illegally Leading the Bureau of Land Management

Andrew Rosenberg
Former Contributor

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July 29, 2020

The Clearing of Lafayette Square: Interior Park Police Chief’s Testimony Stains Agency’s Reputation

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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June 18, 2020

Climate Scientists Confront a Culture of Fear and Self-Censorship in Government Agencies

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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May 12, 2020

As Oil Prices Crash, BLM Wants to Open Up Public Lands in New Mexico for More Extraction

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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April 17, 2020

Do Any National Park Service Staff Have COVID-19? Interior Department Isn’t Saying.

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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March 3, 2020

Science, Denied, Again. Interior Department Adds Inaccurate Climate Change Info to Reports

Maria Caffrey
Former Contributor

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February 28, 2020

Trump Administration Ignores Worker Safety in Pursuit of Offshore Oil Profits

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

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February 25, 2020

Sabotaged Science in the Arctic Refuge: Interior Department Works to Undermine Its Own Scientists

Joel Clement
Former Contributor

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December 6, 2019

The Trump Administration’s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic

Derrick Z. Jackson
Former Fellow

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April 30, 2019

Taking the “Public” out of Public Service, New Interior Secretary Bernhardt Refuses to Address Climate Change

Joel Clement
Former Contributor