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BLOG on WILDLIFE POLITICS & The "Trump2" Administration: The Trump "1" Administration was a disaster for conservation & wildlife as I showed in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump's Interior Department. Trump "2" promises to be far worse. Here is a place to report on his anti-conservation actions.
#324: Are public lands only for cattle turned into meat or is it also for bison raised to restore prairie ecosystems? Burgum’s Interior Dept. just revoked leases to nonprofit American Prairie that had bison grazing to rewild areas in Montana—allowed by Biden in 2022. Biden added conservation as one of the purposes of public lands & allowed conservation leases. Current cattle ranchers leases are done at a loss to the Federal government as overwhelmingly documented by Wuerthner. Burgum can’t stand the possibility of public lands being used for conservation which he thinks should only be for fossil fuel or ranching industries. Restore prairies & get rid of Burgum! See https://montanafreepress.org/2026/01/16/bureau-of-land-management-revokes-american-prairie-bison-leases/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newspack%20Newsletter%20%28260496%29&utm_source=2 & Wuerthner, George and Matteson, Mollie. Editors. Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002. #323: EPA not only took away protections from millions of acres of wetlands that enable many endangered species to survive but also the right of states to block construction of pipelines that have harmful effects on air & water. Federal government power is fine with Trump & Republicans—as long as it’s making life great for Data Centers & Power Companies! States’ rights are okay if used to do things like take away protections for minorities & others that MAGA doesn’t like! See https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/climate/trump-clean-water-act-states.html?utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_7shKHcqqLoRkeOpYl_bNvtyLrMKmOXlVzL1ISlohzIRykiQAF2Yo48BWf9TaPUD_O1jsXP60KwBEUOGHjqY6aF7CPXA&_hsmi=398494554&utm_content=398494554&utm_source=hs_email #322: Combination of Trump’s EPA & Trump’s Supreme Court likely to protect Monsanto’s Roundup from lawsuits by people who have cancer due to it! Monsanto had its scientists publish a study which found no harm from it but the study turned out to be bogus. Thanks Trump & Zeldin for protecting industry from lawsuits! That’s part of your oath, right?! https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/climate/supreme-court-roundup-pesticide.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20260117&instance_id=169466&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=213829&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #321: Burgum-Nesvik would have you think hunting/fishing are the main ways people use Nat. Wildlife Refuges. They are WRONG. Hunting is NOT the reason most people visit Refuges. Report found most common activities were: wildlife observation (59%), hiking/walking (56%), and bird watching (46%) during the past 12 months (Fig. 4). Visitors’ primary activities on the day they were contacted onsite were hiking/walking (21%), fishing (14%), wildlife observation (14%), and bird watching (13%). Indeed, Hunting ranked 15th! https://wildlifemanagement.institute/outdoor-news-bulletin/january-2026/refuge-national-visitor-survey-released #320: EPA used to estimate $ in human benefits such as deaths avoided & illnesses avoided from regulations but NO LONGER will do that. However, they WILL calculate $ saved by polluting agencies by EPA’s relaxation of regulations! Why? Because no longer is it EPA’s mission to protect human health & quality of air & water but now it’s to SPEED energy industry projects to achieve energy dominance! Trump wants to eliminate Education Dept. I suggest eliminating EPA—under Trump, it's a clear & present danger to human health. See https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html #319: With fanfare, Sec. Interior Burgum & USFWS Director Nesvik announced plan to open ALL public land to hunting/fishing & that lead ammunition and fishing tackle will not be restricted or prohibited on DOI lands, demonstrating their ignorance or lack of concern about the killing effects of lead ammo & fishing gear on wildlife including threatening the existence of species like the California Condor, other raptors as well as valued fish. There is overwhelming evidence of these harmful effects but Burgum/Nesvik don’t give a damn. These 2 clowns are also trying to determine whether Nat. Wildlife Refuges align with FWS mission! FWS official mission is “the conservation and management of fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the American people”--NOT ENERGY DOMINANCE! These 2 phonies should read their own websites! See https://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/interior-department-public-lands-order/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=d3ad8b2895-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_13_04_26&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d3ad8b2895-84301189 #318: EPA has lost a net of 2,200 employees this year. They boast they are doing “more with less” but in last 2 days, they cut stds. to protect clean air & clean water in order to achieve energy dominance. CLEAN AIR & WATER ARE THE MISSION of EPA—NOT ENERGY DOMINANCE! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/13/heres-how-deeply-trump-cut-energy-enviro-agencies-so-far-00722792 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/13/epa-plans-to-curb-states-clean-water-act-permitting-power-00704328 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/12/epa-scales-back-power-plant-standards-amid-ai-push-00721880 #317: EPA’s Mission is supposed to be to “protect human health & the environment ensuring clean air, land, & water by enforcing regulations.” Zeldin just scaled back power plant stds. that dramatically weakened limits on emissions of smog-forming nitrogen oxides. Why do this? Zeldin says making "U.S. AI capital is his guiding principle"! Get rid of this creep who’s destroying our air & envmnt! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/12/epa-scales-back-power-plant-standards-amid-ai-push-00721880 #316: Trump’s BLM is ready to cut Nat. Wildlife Refuges. It is doing an audit due no later than Feb. 15. & is NOT soliciting comments from the general public! USFWS also just announced it is dropping longstanding plan to “grow” the refuges. Currently, some wildlife refuges are not open & many are not providing their full services due to loss 30% loss of employees. Many wildlife species are increasingly endangered as their habitat disappears & we need MORE refuges—not LESS. The audit will look for refuges that "no longer align with the [U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service mission”?! What the hell does this mean? With species increasingly threatened, every current refuge is needed & we need many more! 20 Democratic Senators have sounded alarm about the shortage but trust phony Burgum to somehow use shortages an excuse to CLOSE refuges rather than increase their staffing & expand refuges. Read details on Burgum’s Interior move to harm wildlife: https://wyofile.com/wyomings-coursey-leads-national-wildlife-refuge-system-audit-thats-igniting-sell-off-worries/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=19f990ba80-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_09_01_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-19f990ba80-84301189 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/09/fish-and-wildlife-service-quietly-drops-refuge-growth-policy-00718811 #315: Trump Admin. wants to end Nat. Evmnt. Policy Act (NEPA) & move any project they want to without public input. The public cares about the evmnt. & consistently provides overwhelming preference for conservation. NEPA requires rigorous environmental impact statements & extensive public input. Trump doesn’t want input because he knows public doesn’t prioritize benefits for fossil fuel CEOs like he does. Trump doesn't give a damn about conservation—Drill-Baby-Drill is their MINDLESS GOAL. Drill Trump & Burgum out of office & save the environment. See details on this at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/07/white-house-claims-to-end-nepas-regulatory-reign-of-terror-00713921 #314: Trump destroys Nat. Park Service, then puts face on Park Passes & disallows people from covering over his face with stickers due to their disgust with him—making them buy a new pass. Trump once again an A-hole & loser Burgum who heads Interior & thus Park Service a phony! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/01/06/national-parks-pass-trump-stickers/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F465a29d%2F695e3cbccc447d05b2bb40bb%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F44%2F68%2F695e3cbccc447d05b2bb40bb #313: Trump-Burgum’s Extinction Plan for Sage Grouse in Action: Congress recently passed bill that prevents Sage Grouse from being listed as endangered despite the fact it is clearly endangered. The number of sage grouse having plummeted by 80% since 1965. Why do this? Because sage grouse critical habitat is a target for oil drilling! When it comes to endangered species—Burgum & BLM have their priorities straight—out of Donald Trump’s ass—Drill, Baby, Drill—forget about environment or conservation. BLM just removed protections for sage grouse on about 50 million acres of federal public lands across eight western states. Burgum is “owned” by Harold Hamm, billionaire oilman. BLM may be headed by Steve Pearce—owner of large oil interests. He pledges to sell oil interests but he’s a long-term booster of oil-gas interests—conservation is not part of his resume. It’s typical of Burgum’s “team”—BLM officer Karen Budd Falen & husband making big bucks off selling water rights to mining companies. Trump-Burgum’s Interior Admin. is OF OIL, BY OIL, & FOR OIL. See https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/blm-opens-sage-grouse-habitat-to-development/article_78c19873-48ff-4aa8-bd61-6e5e8a14b176.html?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=51f587ea63-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_05_09_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-51f587ea63-84301189 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2026/01/06/blm-director-nominee-pledges-to-sever-oil-ties-if-confirmed-00712327 #312: Trump-Burgum Stupid Fossil Fuel Obsession: In Texas,which burns more coal than any other state & has a huge demand for data-centers, it is SOLAR ENERGY which is meeting the new demands by a BIG MARGIN. So much for blowhards Trump&Burgum. Look at the facts! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/24/ai-energy-demand-by-the-numbers-and-how-it-might-affect-the-planet-00695726 #311: As the Trump Admin.’s incompetent Interior Dept. recommends elimination of protections of gray wolves, evidence shows that wolves help to prevent car crashes that cost far more than $ spent to compensate for lost livestock & pets. Tell Burgum & Nesvik to protect wolves to save human lives! https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2025/gray-wolfs-safer-roads-delisting/?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere_trending_now&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&location=alert #310: Question: What was the worst decision or action taken by Trump II Admin. for conservation? Tough question right?! Too many to select from! One nominee is certainly EPA’s restriction on defining “Waters of the U.S.” to mean “relatively permanent, standing or continuously flowing bodies.” This new definition will mean that 80% or more “wetlands” (under previous definition) will no longer be protected & ignores the fact that these ephemeral streams play a crucial role as ecosystems for many species & ignores the fact that groundwater connects these networks of springs & other water features & it is not valid to separate them. Fire Zeldin & Save our wetlands! See https://www.outdoorlife.com/opinion/epa-rule-change-disastrous-for-fish-wildlife/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=2acb9ff24c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_22_10_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2acb9ff24c-84301189 #309: The Trump Admin. in its latest attempt to hasten the extinction of sage grouse removed protections that the Obama Admin. negotiated with industry & evmntal. orgs. How do we know their claims to protect sage grouse are BULLSH-T? They are eliminating a warning system designed to detect declines & removing scientific stds. for nesting habitat! As long as no one is able to report on the decline, the decline is fine with Trump-Burgum! Burgum’s Interior & BLM once again prove they are nothing but tools of Fossil Fuel companies. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/climate/trump-loosens-protections-greater-sage-grouse.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20251223&instance_id=168362&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=212649&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #308: Trump-Burgum are continuing to hand over energy superiority to the Chinese—cancelling wind projects with weak excuse of security while at the same time giving Chinese access to the AI chips that Biden kept from them, weakening our advantage over them! Donny & Dougy don’t like cheap-clean energy—they want their fossil fuel billionaires to make big $. They are also dismantling the Nat. Ctr. For Atmospheric Research at the same time they are cutting $ for research at U.S. universities! Trump should be prosecuted for treasonous weakening of U.S. science which, UNTIL NOW, has kept us ahead of the Chinese & Russians. That a way to go, Donny & Dougy! Save the U.S. & rid us of these two incompetents! See https://thebulletin.org/2025/12/threatening-ncar-trump-administration-seeks-to-extinguish-a-beacon-of-climate-science/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Trump%20administration%20seeks%20to%20extinguish%20a%20beacon%20of%20climate%20science&utm_campaign=20251218%20Thursday%20Newsletter%20%28Copy%29 & https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/22/interior-pauses-construction-of-all-offshore-wind-projects-citing-national-security-concerns-00702593 #307: Piping Plovers are another example of a species threatened by Trump-Burgum disinterest in species preservation. In Maine & other areas, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service partners were down in 2025 & thus so was protection of the plovers. Trump-Burgum’s proposal to dismiss habitat loss as “harm” under the End. Species Act (ESA) would undermine necessary protections for plovers who are losing habitat due to sea level rise & narrowing beaches caused by CLIMATE CHANGE. Perception that the species is protected by the ESA is down under Trump. Save the Plovers from Trump! See https://therevelator.org/piping-plovers-inspire/?utm_source=rev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rev392&emci=ac5a98fb-74db-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&emdi=667aa6a4-2adc-f011-8195-000d3a1d58aa&ceid=326118 #306: Washington Post obtained an internal U.S. Forest Service (USFS) report that admits that many areas USFS is not maintaining trails & failing to control illegal motorize use, trash, missing signs, & trail erosion. It also notes poor morale & burnout due to personnel reductions in force. Tell Chief Schulz to prioritize the public over lumber companies! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/16/forest-service-trail-maintenance-crisis/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1e6edfd44c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_18_04_51&utm_medium=email #305: Interior is using Trump’s Industry-biased Council of (Anti)Environmental Quality's (CEQ) interim rule as an excuse to NOT SEEK PUBLIC COMMENTS on coal leasing & drilling in Wyoming, Montana & Nevada. CEQ & Trump’s only excuse is the PHONY energy crisis trying to cover public lands with coal mines & drilling rigs. Vote out Republicans to stop this desecration of nature. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/19/enviros-sue-interior-alleging-nepa-violations-on-energy-projects-00700066 #304: Brian Nesvik, Director of Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS), has ordered a review of wildlife refuges to see if they align with the mission of FWS! Protecting wildlife is the HEART of the mission of FWS! 9% are shuttered & most don’t have adequate resources! If you don’t HELP increase personnel & funding for refuges, your name will go down in INFAMY in history of FWS directors! See https://www.eenews.net/articles/fws-chief-orders-comprehensive-review-of-wildlife-refuges/ #303: Stupidity of Drilling the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR): (1) Major oil companies have shown little or no interest in drilling the Refuge due to poor cost-benefit ratio; (2) ANWR is key to the survival of polar bears & largest caribou herd that is sacred to the Gwich people who oppose drilling; (3) Roads would require million gallons of water per mile & cost industry at least $1 billion & huge damage occur to the tundra; (4) Except for those with a vested interest, most people expect wildlife to be protected in a National WILDLIFE RESERVE! See https://www.adn.com/opinions/2025/12/18/opinion-exploiting-the-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-makes-no-sense/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1e6edfd44c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_18_04_51&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1e6edfd44c-84301189 #302: Trump & Burgum are doing all they can to destroy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Serv. (FWS). They’ve cut staff by 18% & biologists by 530. 9% of Nat. Wildlife Refuges are shuttered & 59% of refuges have inadequate resources! Who wants biologists when your goal is to extinguish species! During this same period, visits to these National Wildlife Refuges increased by 34%! Burgum also wants to cut 100’s of smaller Fed. National Parks! Burgum’s destroying FWS & NPS! Get rid of this creep while we still have some wildlife, parks, & refuges! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/18/senate-dems-see-dangers-in-fish-and-wildlife-service-staff-cuts-00695515 & https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-plan-could-offload-hundreds-of-national-park-sites-to-states/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=8afb08d977-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_17_06_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8afb08d977-84301189 #301: Trump-Burgum Extinction Plan: Since 1973, Presidential Admin. have committed to preventing extinctions of species but Trump II Admin. is taking steps to ESCALATE extinctions: (1) Scientific evidence proves loss of habitat is most important single factor in extinctions but Trump-Burgum are taking away protections of habitat for threatened species; (2) Development, Agriculture, & Pesticides are the next most important factors & Trump’s Interior, Agric., & EPA are allowing dev. of area of critical importance, weakening protections against existing pesticides & allowing dangerous new pesticides; (3) Trump’s EPA & Energy Dept. are racing to worsen climate change by Drill Baby Drill & undermining renewable energy--which is threatening many species such as polar bears; (4) Trump’s Interior is weakening the End. Spec. Act by delaying new listings, firing biologists & other staff needed to list & protect species, & delisting species that need further protection. Protect Species by voting Trump, Burgum & other accomplices need out of office ASAP. See https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/trump/2025/11/25/trump-endangered-species-act-manatees/87368804007/ #300: Trump/Burgum want to close 17 facilities that do research about invasive species, environmental contaminants & changes to landscapes & wildlife populations caused by problems such as bird flu, white-nose syndrome in bats, & chronic wasting disease in deer & elk—issues important to farmers, hunters, & people who love wildlife & conservation—i.e., NOT BURGUM OR TRUMP! Save wildlife research & rid us of Trump/Burgum! See https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-palm-beach-post/20251216/281831470069114?srsltid=AfmBOorp3nkVG-VcpmMe2LKLX1-jtwtrDGwWbtb3uZ0luwVGGQgV76_I #299: Billionaire Harold Hamm has long owned Interior Sec. & Energy Czar Burgum & now owns Trump (along with other billionaires). NYT story details how $2 Mill. donations moved Trump to cut fuel efficiency stds. so Americans can waste money on gas-guzzling cars & cause climate change. Hamm owns Chris Wright who lobbied for Hamm’s oil industry group & now is Sec. of Energy. Burgum, a long-time Hamm tool, is weakening &/or eliminating rules to protect end. species like the sage grouse & rules that protect water from drilling. Interior used to conduct rigorous envmntal. impact reviews—now cut down to shams sped thru in 28 days or less. Hamm says “We’re in a very good place” (for him & fossil fuel pals) but public lands, endangered species, & Americans who care about conservation are left with a government OF Billionaires, BY Billionaires, & FOR Billionaires. Read full NYT article at https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/business/energy-environment/trump-harold-hamm-oil-gas.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1040e1f0ce-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_14_07_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1040e1f0ce-84301189 #298: Interior’s Ethics Dept. gave waiver to Paul McInerny to work on matters related to SpaceX his former employer & which he holds investments because he is going to work on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE! This is another example of the faulty ethics of Burgum’s Interior—they have yet to release details on Karen Budd Falen’s ethics agreement. Given the destruction that Burgum has done to Interior, they desperately need HUMAN INTELLIGENCE—something Burgum is clearly devoid of. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/24/interior-cio-gets-ethics-waiver-for-spacex-a-former-employer-00666835?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=16c2a13f9a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_11_01_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-16c2a13f9a-84301189 #297: Dept. of Interior’s Fish & Wildlife Service gutlessly led by Brian Nesvik put off listing the monarch butterfly as endangered despite evidence of huge declines of as much as 80% & 99% in Eastern & Western populations. FWS itself has identified major causes of declines: conversion of grasslands to agriculture, widespread use of herbicides, urban development, exposure to insecticides & effects of climate. Unforunately, for the monarch, Trump Admin’s EPA & FWS love herbicide, development, & fossil fuel industries that are source of these threats so NOTHING WILL HAPPEN until Trump is OUT of the WHITE HOUSE! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/12/feds-put-off-tough-esa-decision-on-monarch-butterfly-00686392 #296: Fools Rush In: Studies show that deep sea mining has harmful effects on seabed life-reducing by 37% the no. of animals found in tracks of vehicles. Another study found that mining operations can trigger plumes of sediment that can smother deep-sea animals, such as zooplankton & “can threaten animals further up the food chain. An earlier study found that after 26 years a sig. lower diversity of fauna in mined areas & if mining is expanded, irreversible loss of ecosystems functions could happen in disturbed areas. Many countries like Norway have resisted pressures to mine seabeds but Trump is rushing forward heedless of dangers. Trump’s Interior has done away with measurements of climate change & can be relied on to not measure harmful impacts of seabed mining. Stop Trump & save our oceans & our lives! See https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedx2p8gnx9o?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=733b56cfc0-nature-briefing-anthropocene-20251212&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-51457524 & https://insideclimatenews.org/news/05122025/deep-sea-mining-tracking-tool/?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=733b56cfc0-nature-briefing-anthropocene-20251212&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-33f35e09ea-51457524 & https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-44492-w #295: Interior is ordering Nat. Park Serv. to ditch “glowing performance reviews”—Most to get 3 rating on 5 pt. scale! This same rule should apply to Burgum & his top staff of industry hacks: Burgum gets a 0 out of 5 for failure to protect NATIONAL PARKS (his mass firings) & PUBLIC LANDS (he’s turning them over to oil-gas-mining companies)& CONSERVATION OF SPECIES (he won’t protect habitat—the major cause of extinction)—ALL major parts of his job. His ONLY concern is DRILL BABY DRILL. Fire this hack now before we lose end. species & public lands! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/12/national-parks-lower-employee-performance-grades-00688905 #294: Trump/Burgum Energy Inferiority Program freezes out wind-solar projects from speed permitting given to oil-gas-coal! Renewable energy is cheaper & faster to implement but these idiots determined to have public pay more for electricity while destroying environments at same time! See https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/wind-solar-power-frozen-out-trump-permitting-push-2025-12-10/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=16c2a13f9a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_11_01_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-16c2a13f9a-84301189 #293: Idaho Republican uses Trump/Burgum Interior cutbacks to propose turning over public lands to local governments—he points out that huge cuts have created backlog in maintenance & too few people to manage land! Fulcher cited a benchmark of $50 billion in deferred maintenance projects as of 2024 and said “moving forward, agency budgets will only see more pressure.” The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management have seen deep staffing cuts under President Donald Trump’s second administration. So Burgum cuts result in loss of Fed. public lands. Thanks Burgum for selling out our public lands! See https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article313586024.html #292: Records show that A top Burgum Interior official, Karen Budd-Falen, has ties to a Lithium project that was under review by Interior. Did she improperly participate in review of the project? We don’t know because Interior has not released her ethics agreement—part of Burgum’s Non-Transparency policy! Make Burgum TRANSPARENT—get rid of him! See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd-falen-nevada-lithium-thacker-pass?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4006545&post_id=181262861&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4mtlo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email #291: Zeldin vs MAHA: Some MAHA leaders are finally recognizing that Trump’s EPA is their enemy—approving dangerous herbicides & LOWER water stds. for dangerous PFAS. Also, Zeldin’s EPA is LOADED with chemical industry lobbyists-the bane of MAHA activists! Get rid of Zeldin & reduce dangerous chemicals! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/10/zeldin-says-maha-agenda-for-epa-coming-soon-00684713 #290: DOJ & EPA are no longer monitoring dumps with hazardous materials because they are located near minority-dominated neighborhoods because this would be DEI! Well, these are also LOW INCOME neighborhoods so that is a NON-DEI criterion for monitoring these areas since dumping on poor areas is well-known, national practice! Who cares about hazardous materials being dumped on the poor? Certainly not Trump. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/10/doj-ends-monitoring-of-illegal-houston-dumps-in-environmental-justice-retreat-00684366 #289: Trump & Burgum have cut National Park staff so greatly that many ranger-led programs are no longer available due to personnel cutbacks but they are HIRING 100s of Park Police w/$70K Bonuses to police streets in Wash. DC They have waived stds. for new hires! Burgum should be fired immediately for undermining Nat. Parks & toadying to Trump. See https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/12/trump-using-70k-bonuses-hiring-surge-one-agency-democrats-want-stop-him/410017/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=a1425d3b5e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_09_01_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-a1425d3b5e-84301189 #288: Analysis shows that several species will be doomed to extinction including protection incl. Florida panthers, wolveriness, spotted owls & others due to elimination of habitat protection & climate changed. Save Species & Fire Burgum & Trump! See https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/12/analysis-shows-trump-administration-proposals-may-push-seven-species-extinction #287: Trump orders parks to purge shops of anything that deals with problems like slavery unless it acknowledges progress. For example, it took ONLY 100 years for former slaves to be given full civil rights like voting! Now Trump is trying to take away right of minorities to elect Congressional reps.! We've come full circle! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/08/trump-admin-orders-parks-to-purge-shops-of-dei-trans-references-00680643 #286: Trump who has cut funding for National Parks & plans on cutting National Monuments is at sane tune featuring his own IMAGE on Annual Park Passes! This image is supposed to be chosen thru contest! But Trump Lackey Burgum is sucking up to Trump again. Burgum-Trump are also ending Free Pass Day on MLK day but adding Free Pass on Trump’s BDAY! What more can you say about this egomaniac who’s destroying NPS & public lands & trying to glorify himself at their expense! See https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/trump-national-park-pass-illegal-21224048.php #285: States like Colorado are having to take steps to make up for Supreme Court’s & Trump’s EPA dismantling of Clean Water Act which will result in taking away protections for many water sources for streams & rivers. The Republican Congress also contained exemptions for activities, such as maintenance work on irrigation ditches and canals. When your water is contaminated, Call Trump, Zeldumb & The Extreme Court, & your Republican Congress to repair the mess they made! See https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/04/colorado-wetlands-streams-draft-rules-hearing/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=35683e6f37-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_04_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-35683e6f37-84301189 #284: Trump plan for Energy Waste & Inefficiency: They cut requirements for appliance stds. & eliminated the Weatherization Assist. & fuel economy programs while encouraging unlimited increases in Data Centers that will sharply increase electricity prices for homeowners.They are drilling & destroying public lands & oceans to support this stupidity! Tell Trump/Burgum to shove their ideas up their huge rumps! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/02/trump-dismantles-programs-designed-to-reduce-electricity-bills-00670278 #283: There is a bipartisan bill to make permanent funding for wildlife crossings to prevent roadkill! Wildlife-vehicle collisions kill 200 people each year and injure at least 26,000 at an annual cost to Americans of more than $10B. States asked for five times what the program could offer. Will Trump-Burgum get behind this program? They should but it’s not part of Drill, Baby, Drill priority & it’s part of Biden Infrastructure program so their MAGA little minds probably will not be able to support this good thing. Tell Trump-Burgum to save wildlife & human lives & support it! https://mountainjournal.org/wildlife-crossings-could-see-permanent-federal-funding-through-bipartisan-bill-introduced-by-zinke-and-beyer/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=35683e6f37-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_04_10_00&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-35683e6f37-84301189 #282: Trump & Burgum are exterminating the pikas who inhabit mountain areas in Colorado. The pikas can’t stand temperatures above 75 degrees & climate change has led to a 50% drop in young pikas according to one study. Trump/Burgum are doing their worst to aggravate climate change. Save Pikas & get rid of Trump & Burgum. See https://coloradosun.com/2025/12/04/colorado-pika-population-global-warming/?member=&tier=&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Colorado%20high-country%20critter%20is%20feeling%20the%20heat&utm_campaign=The%20Sunriser%20-%2012%2F3%2F25%20%28Copy%29 #281: Stupidity of Trump & Burgum: They want FAST development of energy to support AI “boom” but they are excluding renewable sources such as solar & wind which are not only far cheaper but also FASTER to deploy! We will be lucky to survive next 3 years with these 2 dopes in charge! bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-04/trump-s-ai-dominance-plans-threatened-by-his-own-attacks-on-solar-wind #280: How bought by industry are the people working for Sec. Burgum? Karen Budd-Falen has been bought lock-stock-barrel by the fossil-fuel & ranching industries. She’s associate deputy secretary & will do her worst to ensure there are no ESA & other conservation protections that will hinder these 2 industries. Her financial disclosure form is so bad that Interior’s Ethics official wouldn’t sign off on it! See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/budd-falen-financial-disclosure-interior?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4006545&post_id=180706121&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4mtlo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email #279: Trump/Burgum added 10 new minerals to critical minerals list which will allow them to speed thru usual mine permitting reviews w/o opportunity of public & experts to assess negative damage such as pollution, water usage, loss of recreation access, & habitat damage. Coal is 1 that is added which is against the Energy Act of 2020 specifies that fuel minerals may not be included on the critical minerals list. These additions will result in mines that cover & maim our national public lands, recreation areas, & wildlife habitats. The Trump administration’s policies are designed to prioritize mineral production over all other uses of public lands. Save our public lands & tell Trump/Burgum to stop using their phony energy “crisis” to despoil our lands. https://westernpriorities.org/2025/12/the-trump-administration-is-abusing-the-critical-minerals-list-thats-a-problem-for-public-lands/ #278: Trump/Burgum want to weaken the Endangered Species Act (ESA) so that it no longer protects habitat! What does that mean for manatees in Florida? Florida has had to take measures to improve habitat threatened by septic tanks & other contaminants that harm manatees’ habitat. Under weakened ESA, these improvements may no longer be required. Currently, manatees receive strong protections as a threatened species. Burgum wants to take away strong protections from threatened species. Save Manatees & Get rid of Burgum/Trump! https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/12/02/manatee-protection-may-be-eroded-under-trump-administrations-proposed-changes-to-endangered-species-act/?lctg=646275A225D5845334F555D2F5&utm_email=646275A225D5845334F555D2F5&active=no&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2f2025%2f12%2f02%2fmanatee-protection-may-be-eroded-under-trump-administrations-proposed-changes-to-endangered-species-act%2f&utm_campaign=trib-sun_sentinel-breaking_news-nl&utm_content=alert #277: EPA’s weakening of Clean Air Act will take away protection from “a vast network of freshwater intimately connected to the watersheds that millions of Americans depend on for drinking, irrigation and economic activity.” A 2024 study in Science found that on average, 55 percent of the water in larger rivers in the continental U.S. originated in an ephemeral stream. An expert says: “It doesn’t make any sense to treat [ephemeral waters] differently from a scientific point of view. Trump is the phony who claims he wants the cleanest water! Protect our water & fire Trump ASAP! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/12/01/wotus-wet-season-test-would-further-shrink-us-regulatory-reach-00664522 #276: Trump/Burgum are canceling contracts to nonprofits who harvest & plant seeds to restore critical wildlife habitats that have been destroyed by fire or other disasters. They also gather wildlife counts to track the status of threatened or endangered species. Why cancel them? Good question! (1) They don’t give a damn about conservation; (2) They don’t want anyone tracking their harmful impact on wildlife. Save wildlife & fire Trump/Burgum! https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/dei-grant-cuts-national-parks-21199268.php?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=549a2d7e0d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_12_01_12_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-549a2d7e0d-84301189 #275: “I want clean air. I want clean water. I want the cleanest air, want the cleanest water. The environment is very important to me.” Donald Trump (1/9/2020) Trump lied. Today his EPA weakened soot limits by 33% to reduce costs of compliance to industry despite fact this change will result in 4500 premature deaths & $46 billion in health care costs. Get rid of Trump & Zeldin—2 phonies. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/09/this-is-perhaps-trumps-most-cynical-comment-about-environment-yet/ & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/26/greens-assail-trump-epa-reversal-on-soot-standard-00669554 #274: Wildlife Refuges are poorly staffed and “lack the resources and staff necessary" to fulfill their missions. While many try to “get by” with “insufficient” or “limited staff” or temporary fill-ins, the data shows the refuges are not performing well. Don’t expect Burgum to take action-he doesn’t give a damn about anything other than energy dominance or really energy inferiority since Trump/Burgum are ceding the energies of the future to Chinese dominance. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/25/wildlife-refuge-managers-reveal-staffing-struggles-00667141 #273: How Bad is Trump’s Impact on Environment? In 1 week, EPA took away protections for millions of acres of wetlands, Interior cut End. Spec. Act protections for habitat (loss of which is major cause of extinctions), & Interior will drill in 1.3 bill. acres of Coastal waters—More harm in 1 wk. than other Admins. did in their entirety! Fire Trump, Get Rid of Burgum, Save the U.S.A. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/climate/trump-environmental-policy-week.html?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=cbd2fdb6b9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_24_03_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-cbd2fdb6b9-84301189 #272: More reasons to oppose Steven Pearce as head of BLM: he has long been bought by industry which has given him $2.3 Million in campaign donations & he owns large stakes in oil industry stock. He owns an oil field services company! With Pearce in charge, say good bye to pristine public lands & hello to oil fields. See https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/conservation-leaders-unite-oppose-steve-pearce-blm-nomination?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter #271: Trump moves to State Socialism—imitating the Chinese investing public $ in private companies, enriching their executives & wealthy shareholders in the mining sector. Of course, many of these execs. & companies are big Trump fans and donors. It’s so outrageous that even some Republicans are beginning to wonder about Trump’s & Republican’s abandonment of PRIVATE enterprise! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/21/i-hate-it-lawmakers-question-trumps-ownership-blitz-00664320 #270: Having already cut the fees for mining-drilling companies to take oil-gas from public lands, now BLM is almost entirely removing the responsibility of these companies for cleaning up abandoned mines leaving the public to pay for these costs. These mines emit methane gas worsening climate change. Burgum et al are simply a despicable lot who care nothing about the PUBLIC good, only their industry pals. See https://www.conservativestewards.org/crs-bonding-report/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=df05dd5ff7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_20_10_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-df05dd5ff7-84301189 #269: Burgum & Republicans: Fast-tracking major mining & construction projects by CUTTING the time & often even opportunity for the Public to register their opinions. Why? Because they know the public by huge majorities OPPOSES their ignoring the environment! They are running roughshod over the Nat. Evmnt. Policy Act & End. Species Act. See https://westernpriorities.org/2025/11/bill-to-fast-track-permitting-on-public-lands-moves-forward/ #268: Burgum’s Brilliant Solution to Wildfires: Get rid of the trees thru timber sales! No mention of droughts caused by climate change caused by fossil fuels! Get rid of this industry hack ASAP! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/21/burgum-calls-for-timber-sales-to-stem-fire-on-public-lands-00664536 #267: Trump is for clean air-except when it interferes with industry profits. Colorado wants to reduce haze due to dirty energy plants (e.g., coal) to provide good visibility in its parks & mountains. But Zeldin’s EPA wants to weaken haze reduction—delaying it past 2064! Let’s reduce the haze from Zeldin’s & Trump’s dirty & hot air by firing them! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/18/haze-control-agenda-for-parks-highlights-trump-admin-tensions-00651787?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=e22c05f973-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_18_10_58&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e22c05f973-84301189 #266: Trump & Burgum want to do cost analysis of listing species—the ESA specifically doesn’t allow cost to be considered in making these decisions but Burgum claims he wants to go back “to its original intent” but this change would be the OPPOSITE of the ESA’s main point—saving species is our duty as stewards of the Earth. Burgum views wildlife as a cost to be eliminated if they interfere with industry profits. Save endangered species & elect Democrats in the midterms! See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/climate/trump-endangered-species-act.html #265: Why did Trump pick Pearce to lead BLM? He initially chose Kathleen Sgamma, a long-time oil lobbyist, but she admitted to being “disgusted by (Jan. 6th) violence & Trump’s role in spreading misinformation.” Pearce, by way of contrast, had no such objections. In short, Pearce is a completely owned industry tool who lacks ethics. See Trump Picks Unwavering Loyalist To Head BLM After Sgamma Debacle https://www.publicdomain.media/p/steve-pearce-blm-loyalist #264: Under Burgum, Endangered Species Act turned into Let’s Endanger Species Act! Research has PROVEN that the primary threat to species is LOSS OF HABITAT but Burgum’s Interior wants to remove habitat modification from counting as harm to animal or plants! Here is quote from U.S. Geological Survey: “Although extinctions occur naturally, the current rate of plant and animal extinctions is much higher than the natural or historical rates. Habitat loss is the primary cause of higher extinction rates.” It is tempting to accuse them of stupidity but the real cause is that Burgum & Nesvik are nothing but industry hacks. The only question is how many species they will endanger, threaten, or extinguish due to their misdeeds. Burgum & Nesvik should resign for making this proposal. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/why-do-animals-and-plants-become-endangered & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/19/trump-team-proposes-big-changes-in-esa-rules-00659289 #263: When will Zeldin’s EPA do something about plastics? Study shows that small amounts of plastic can kill sea turtle (2 baseball size), 3 sugar cubes will kill a puffin, & soccer ball size kill a porpoise. Zeldin, like Trump, doesn’t give a damn about killing wildlife. Let’s extinguish Zeldin by winning the midterms & restoring Congressional oversight over this industry tool. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/climate/plastic-sea-turtles-animals-study.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20251118&instance_id=166642&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=210810&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #262: Donald Trump says he wants only the cleanest air & water but his EPA is eliminating most wetlands from protection—in Arizona, only 2.4% of areas currently protected will be protected under the new rule. These wetlands help to provide clean groundwater for humans as well as food, shelter& breeding grounds for species such as the whooping crane. This change will mean that not just developers but mining companies can build without being required to obtain permits under the Clean Water Act before disposing of mining waste and byproducts into those waterways. Developers will also be able to build without needing permits. Good Bye Clean Water Act protections—hello MINES & More endangered species! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/18/why-trumps-wotus-pivot-could-unleash-more-mining-00656391 #261: Sen. Mike Lee (UT) wants to be sure Interior Dept. is NOT prioritizing CONSERVATION! Mike, don’t worry--Conservation is LAST THING on mind of Sec. Burgum—he’s the phony Teddy R. fan whose ONLY concern is energy dominance of fossil fuels. The Chinese will dominate renewables—ENERGY of the FUTURE. See https://www.eenews.net/articles/mike-lee-sets-hearing-to-probe-blm-permitting-activity/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=12f6876ac7-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_17_01_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-12f6876ac7-84301189 #260: BLM is proposing to lease to oil-gas companies drilling rights to parcels in Wyoming that are crucial to sage grouse & mule deer—including the largest sage grouse breeding area (lek) on the planet. The oil exec who will be in charge of the lease said “There’s no place that I’m going to say is a place that shouldn’t be leased.” Next up—Yellowstone & Grand Canyon! Their only argument is Trump’s phony “energy emergency.” Anyone been in any long lines for gas lately? There is supposed to be a BALANCE among uses of public lands but Trump’s fat ass has destroyed any balance. Get rid of Trump, Burgum & all of this Admin. if you want to save species & public lands” See https://wyofile.com/drilling-lease-slated-2-miles-from-worlds-largest-sage-grouse-lek-center-punching-planets-longest-mule-deer-migration/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=70d6be262e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_17_06_11_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-54eb839e33-417379196 #259: Steven Pearce—Trump’s pick to head BLM: has supported legislation to sell most U.S. public lands! He wants to stop Presidents from creating National Monuments. He’s taken > $2 Million from fossil fuel companies. He wants to stop End. Spec. Act from taking action to protect species if it interferes with oil-gas companies. In other words, he’s a perfect fit for Burgum—whose real boss is fossil fuel industry billionaires like Hamm. Get rid of Trump, Burgum, & block this jackass from becoming head of BLM! See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-oil-money-sell-public-land #258: Nat. Park Service under Trump is so bad he can’t get a qualified director. In Trump’s first term as President, he also NEVER had an approved NPS director. Experts say that highly qualified career candidates won’t want the job because they don’t “want to be responsible for the cuts being ordered by the administration.” Of course, there are plenty of unqualified MAGA lackeys (like Burgum) who would be glad to take the job & fire NPS staff. See https://www.eenews.net/articles/a-top-candidate-for-national-park-service-director-bows-out/ #257: U.S. Moving Towards Energy Inferiority! Worldwide solar power has been largest source of new electricity & its costs have PLUMMETED while fossil fuel sourced electricity costs SKYROCKET while at the same time, causing climate change & killing other species. Need any other proof that Trump & energy czar Burgum are only interested in boosting the incomes of their billionaire friends at the cost of U.S. public? See 10 Years After a Breakthrough Climate Pact, Here’s Where We Are Somini Sengupta Graphics by Harry Stevens and Mira Rojanasakul https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/07/climate/paris-agreement-climate.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20251111&instance_id=166215&nl=science-times®i_id=10365419&segment_id=210390&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #256: Democrats had Trump reeling in defeat before they quit & accepted a “compromise” that does not ensure ACA benefits. Bipartisan survey showed “A hefty 52 percent of Americans blamed either Republicans in Congress or Trump himself for the shutdown, the poll shows — versus 34 percent who blamed Democrats. Even 40 percent of registered Republicans blamed Republicans or Trump for the shutdown.” The people who rely on HealthCare.gov and the other Obamacare marketplaces are people who "work at a place that doesn't offer them coverage such as a small business, farmers& ranchers or gig workers like Uber drivers. North Dakota's Republican insurance commissioner, Jon Godfread, the president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, a membership organization of state insurance regulators across the United States, says, "Red state, blue state, appointed, elected — we have unanimous approval supporting these tax credits. Republicans — like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri — have said they support extending the tax credits. In short, Trump would have been forced to back down but these 8 Senators prevented this from happening & now they have only a promise is that the Senate will have a chance to vote on the issue—most likely AGAINST extending the credits. Politico Playbook PM, 11/1/25 & https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/the-price-of-obamacare-subsidies-loss-millions-uninsured-thousands-at-greater-risk/ #255: While National Park Service has cut back rangers & other employees by 1000s so that many important experiences at Nat. Parks are no longer available, the National Park Police ranks are DOUBLING their force to do police activities in Wash.D.C. That’s how it is under Burgum—UNDERMINE Nat. Parks & do phony crime-fighting in “Blue Cities.” What a Trump Flunky! He’s destroying Dept. of Interior & he cannot go TOO SOON. See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/rotten-week-for-white-house #254: Under Brooke Rollins, wildfire mitigation has fallen 53% in New Mexico & elsewhere. Forest Service cutbacks in personnel & budget have demoralized the entire organization. Get rid of Rollins & Trump & save our national forests! See https://sourcenm.com/2025/11/06/wildfire-mitigation-in-new-mexico-is-down-53-since-trump-took-office/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=7acfe1a369-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_05_04_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7acfe1a369-84301189 #253: Research shows that seabed mining threatens to starve ocean life which means that ocean seabed mining should not take place until these effects can be fully studied. Will Burgum pay attention to these findings? No, he takes his orders from industry billionaires & neither research nor strong public opinion means anything to this tool. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/06/research-finds-seabed-mining-wastes-could-starve-ocean-life-00639670 #252: Burgum travels to Mideast sit down with Sheikhs while National Parks are being dismembered and, at same time, Trump names former Congressman Pearce as head of BLM. What does Pearce favor? Dismantling National Monuments & opening more & more public lands for gas-oil exploitation. Bye Bye national monuments, national parks & public lands. Hello oil-gas-coal. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/climate/interior-secretary-travel-shutdown.html #251: BLM New Review Policy for Mines: NO REVIEW! They just approved Nevada mine in 14 days—Utah Mine was approved in just 11 Days! BLM now does not do ANY SERIOUS environmental review at all of mines! Best of luck to residents when pollution ruins their water & air! Get rid of Trump & Burgum & reestablish environmental standards! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/04/blm-oks-nevada-mine-expansion-via-shortened-review-00635024 #250: Burgum is a phony like no other. Today he told furloughed workers “your absence is felt — not just in operations, but in spirit” & we will move forward with “with compassion.” Week ago, he said “We don't need as many people” & court filing showed he’s preparing to fire 2000 people! What a Sh_t! Who wants to work for this creep?! Fire the bum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/11/03/burgum-to-furloughed-staff-your-absence-is-felt-00633446 #249: Burgum continues his endeavor to destroy public lands! He’s encouraging coal leasing on lands adjacent to Zion Nat. Park! He’s got his priorities straight--from a horse’s ass! See https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/interior-opens-lands-adjacent-to-zion-other-national-parks-to-coal-leasing/article_1ef2fb92-cbf3-47b0-a994-0c79f31a9ddb.html?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1a409eabdb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_11_02_11_39&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1a409eabdb-84301189 #248: Nat. Park Service has gotten rid of the last worker who clean abandoned mines! There are more than 168,000 orphaned wells within 30 miles of a national park. These mines pollute the air with methane & pollute local water supplies with oil & brine. They’re the only fossil fuel workers to be fired by NPS! Why? Trump-Burgum don’t give a damn about methane or water pollution. Get rid of these 2 jackasses & save our climate & water. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/climate/national-parks-orphan-wells.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20251101&instance_id=165573&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=209734&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #248: National Park Service workers who cleaned up abandon oil & gas wells have been fired or left—they exist no longer exist at NPS. These workers helped not only to stop methane release causing climate change but these abandoned mines also seep oil & brine into nearby water supplies. They are the ONLY fossil fuel-related workers to be fired but no wonder—Trump & Burgum don’t give a damn about methane & polluted water from mines. Save us from climate change & water supplies pollution—FIRE Trump & Burgum. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/climate/national-parks-orphan-wells.html?ampaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20251101&instance_id=165573&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=209734&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #247: Unbelievable Stupidity of Trump/Burgum Energy “Dominance’: They exclude fastest & quickest to implement energy sources—Solar&Wind (with battery backup)—ceding the field to China & worsening the climate. They are looking to the PAST while China looks to the FUTURE. Trump thinks coal is the future! Fire these 2 Dopes! https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-nations-energy-dominance-falters/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=37e359237e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_30_06_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-37e359237e-84301189 #246: Trump claims to upset that offshore windfarms are “killing whales”—for which there is no evidence but he supports offshore drilling & opposes preventive measures like speed limits on commercial & rec. ships—which do kill whales. The Rice whale off Florida is highly endangered—only about 50 left & Burgum who has responsibility for preventing extinction of species ONLY cares about fossil fuels & fails to take action to save Rice (& other whales). Support whales & get rid of Trump & Burgum! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/10/30/expanding-offshore-oil-drilling-will-imperil-rare-whales-who-live-near-florida/?emci=630d3da8-7db5-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&emdi=6a83d4ea-85b5-f011-8e61-6045bded8ba4&ceid=407141 #245: Trump famously posts phony AI-generated videos but it’s less known how phony Noem's Dept. Homeland Security videos are;
#244: Trump&Burgum vs. Polar Bears: They are likely to win their campaign to extinguish polar bears. Just to locate drilling sites in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Teams of 160 workers move heavy equipment over every inch of area using 90,000-lb. trucks—bears run or are killed. Surveys are conducted to locate bear den sites but study found they're only successful 50-67% of time. Fossil fuels cause climate change melting ice bears need to survive & now Burgum destroys their REFUGE! Save polar bears by firing Trump/Burgum. See https://wessiler.substack.com/p/tumps-permitting-for-alaska-national?utm_source=1500%2BCWP%2BList%2BDaily%2BClips%2Band%2BUpdates&utm_campaign=59711528dd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_28_03_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-59711528dd-84301189 #243: “Greenscam” climate change wipes out 2 Florida Coral Species! Trump claims climate change is greenscam but research proves that it has ALREADY KILLED coral species. Save coral & our ocean species—fire Trump! https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/two-florida-coral-species-were-nearly-wiped-out-heat-wave?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter #242: Burgum’s oil-gas leases will destroy wildlife migration corridors in Wyoming & other western states. Energy “Dominance” destroys wildlife for tourists & outdoors people. Is this what the American people voted for? Vote out Burgum & his Republican pals who are selling out America’s public lands. See https://wyofile.com/energy-dominance-meets-migration-all-wyoming-corridors-overlap-with-proposed-oil-and-gas-leases/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=cef3ec8ba9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_24_11_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-cef3ec8ba9-417379196 #241:USFWS Director Nesvik to Colorado: Don’t use Canadian wolves to restore Colorado wolf pop.! Without use of Canadian wolves, there would be NO WOLVES left in the U.S.! Nesvik is just another rancher buddy who wants to minimize & reduce U.S. Wolf populations. Save the End. Species Act & Fire Nesvik & save U.S. wolves! See https://coloradosun.com/2025/10/25/colorado-wolf-reintroduction-trump-administration-directive/?member=&tier=&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Colorado%20headlines%20for%20%20TODAY&utm_campaign=The%20Headlines%20-%20Daily%20%28Copy%29 #240: El Capitan jumpers make illegal jumps & Burgum lies: Due to park shutdown, Yosemite jumpers are making illegal jumps with NO RANGERS PRESENT despite Burgum saying “parks are fully staffed." Burgum says illegal jumps will be addressed “firmly!” Burgum is trying to match Trump at lying! See evidence at https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/25/yosemite-climbers-base-jumpers/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F458222f%2F68fc9fa90a9d076bef992831%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F18%2F60%2F68fc9fa90a9d076bef992831 #239: Interior & other Depts. are using social media for partisan politics-violating Hatch Act. One video shows Cortez bossing Schumer! How about videos showing billionaire Harold Hamm & other fossil execs bossing Burgum which, unlike Cortez video, is the truth! Hamm & other Trump billionaire pals donating for East Wing to thank Orange Man for all of the Pay to Play he’s done for them. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/24/interior-other-agencies-open-new-front-in-social-media-wars-00621555 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/23/harold-hamm-nextera-among-trumps-ballroom-donors-00620336 #238: Loser idea by Loser Burgum: Drill Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)! Trump forced 2 previous sales which attracted NO BIDDERS other than state agency! ANWR drilling will be expensive & companies don’t want to be associated with destruction of ANWR—unlike Trump suck-up-Burgum! Get rid of Burgum/Trump & Save ANWR! See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/climate/trump-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-oil-drilling.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20251023&instance_id=165010&nl=breaking-news®i_id=10365419&segment_id=209190&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #237: Trump/Burgum Interior Dept is cutting public comments from reviews of new mining and drilling activities. They are skipping draft Env. Impact Statements & public comments. They are speeding up timelines so much that scientists will not be able to assess project impacts on animals, water, & culture. Fast-tracking=Inadequate Public Input & Scientific analysis characteristic of the SHODDY Burgum Mismanagement. Fire Burgum & Restore Quality to the Interior Dept. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/21/test-case-for-nepa-fast-tracked-mine-reviews-fuel-outcry-00616697 #236: Trump/Burgum are eviscerating the U.S. Geological Survey whose research supports everything from energy, transportation & insurance. It’s part of their plan for Making America Stupid. They also plan to make further cuts to National Park (NPS) Service so that garbage will go uncollected attracting bears & making them more likely to become nuisance bears & have to be killed. Get rid of Burgum & save Bears! See https://www.eenews.net/articles/interior-divulges-more-details-on-layoff-plans/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=35704a065c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_21_02_51&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-35704a065c-84301189 & This Government Shutdown Is Going To Kill Bears by Wes Siler <[email protected]> #235: Wildlife refuges are closed to most activities EXCEPT HUNTING which will be allowed despite the fact that there is no one to enforce rules such as limits on take. Staff levels have already declined by 20% since Trump took over & he is going to move even more big cuts. Save Refuges & fire Trump & Burgum. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/18/shutdown-wildlife-refuges-open-hunting/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=d171167e7b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_20_03_15&utm_medium=email #234: Once Again Trump-Burgum Coal Leases Fail! This time the bid was so small that Interior won’t say HOW SMALL! Their recent “Successful” (bids) paid ONE CENT per TON—proving once again that Dopes Trump&Burgum are on the WRONG SIDE of HISTORY! Fire these incompetents & save our public lands from being given away for nothing but profit for fossil fuel industry! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/17/us-rejects-coal-lease-bid-on-utah-public-lands-as-western-sales-fall-flat-00613290 #233: Trump’s State Socialism is taking over companies like Trilogy Metals & MP Materials assisted by private equity billionaire Steve Feinberg, who is now Deputy Secretary of Defense who plays crucial role in forging mineral deals. His Admin. is talking about doing DOZENS of these deals! These deals help to raise the price of stocks that Trump’s billionaire pals own. Conservative Cato Institute describes Trump’s actions as “dictating terms and demanding favors” & “this corrupts businesses’ purpose. Instead of value creation in pursuing profit, they must also consider what appeases the Oval Office.” Trump socialism thus uses public moneys to lift companies he & his billionaire friends own or want to own. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/16/trump-wades-deeper-into-private-sector-minerals-to-take-on-china-00611385 #232: Next on Trump-Burgum hit list: National Monuments. Why keep them? Only a small fraction of public lands are protected from mining-grazing-development & monuments take year of effort & public support to make it to monument status. Monuments like Chuckwalla protected 100s of 1000s of acres previously unprotected & retain not only landscapes but cultural history vital to natives. Case for monuments is “not just what they hold but what they EXCLUDE such as billboards, artificial lights, mining scars, paved roads & subdivisions.” They represent “the rare times when BLM put restraint ahead of consumption. Don’t let Trump & Burgum destroy them! See Josh Jackson, https://www.hcn.org/articles/the-case-for-national-monuments/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-10-10-Newsletter #231: Trump & Energy Czar Burgum are all out pushing coal production but dragging their heels when it comes to protecting coal miners—delaying rules to protect miners from Black Lung Disease that BIDEN established! Neither Trump nor Burgum has ever had to work hard like a coal miner & they look down upon anyone who has to work that hard for their money! Save Coal Miners & Fire Trump & Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/14/groups-urge-noaa-to-keep-commercial-fishing-out-of-monuments-00607295 #230: Hey, Burgum (& Trump): Utah Gov. Cox, no left-winger, correctly says your cancellation of major solar projects like the one scheduled for Nevada will LOSE the ENERGY RACE to China & you, like Trump, don’t understand new battery tech. You should listen to him or do you want to be continue to be a MORON?! See Alexander C. Kaufman, Heatmap Am, Oct. 13, 2025 #229: Interior Dept.’s Info Office is spewing partisan politics when asked whether if Yellowstone Park is open—stating “Congressional Democrats who are trying to close our parks, stop U.S. energy production…” They are violating the Hatch Act & Burgum should be prosecuted.” See https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/10/interior-department-appears-violation-hatch-act #228: One more time: Trump & Burgum’s coal sales were a TOTAL FLOP in Red States—WY & MT. Countries led by smart leaders (e.g., China!) know fossil fuels are path to evmntal. destruction but this duo makes Abbott & Costello look wise & serious! See https://wyofile.com/trumps-major-coal-sales-flop-in-wyoming-and-montana/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=42cf929a00-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_08_09_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-42cf929a00-417379196 #227: The White House is offering “concierge, white glove services” to fossil fuel companies seeking regulatory fast-tracks, while simultaneously slowing approvals for renewable energy projects, according to reporting by the Washington Post. President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum have declared all federal employees who work on oil and gas as “essential.” This unbalanced, only dirty-non-renewables are on their LIST contrasts with ALL OF THE ABOVE approach or focus on renewables like China approaches. Trump & Burgum are leading us down the path of self-annihilation as a country & and as a species. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/10/07/white-house-fossil-fuel-concierge/ #226: Trump & Burgum boost coal but coal is a BUST! Just ONE LOW BID that will pay LESS THAN A PENNY PER TON for coal extracted! Trump & Burgum are big supporters of coal which is LOSER as a source of energy—costly & dirty—just like Trump & Burgum! We can’t afford these two losers—they are ruining the future of our country. https://westernpriorities.org/2025/10/largest-federal-coal-sale-in-past-decade-brings-in-under-one-cent-per-ton/ #225: Hey, Doug Burgum, Mr. Fossil Czar: Solar & Wind overtook coal in 2025 in global elec. gen. & increase in solar-wind power outpaced growth in electricity demand which helped prevent increase in CO2 emissions! You & Trump, two dopes, are on the wrong side of history & are handing over to China the future of Energy Production. You two are not only losers—you are both imminent dangers to the health & security of our country. Congratulations Dumb A-holes. See https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/global-electricity-mid-year-insights-2025/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_content=384037016 #224: Forest Service (FS) is way short on clearing overgrowth from nat. forests—they’ve done far less than Biden’s FS! They have also stopped wildlife prevention efforts! And the FS is about to be transferred to Interior Dept. where Burgum doesn’t give a damn about anything BUT fossil fuels so forests & fire protection will suffer even more! See Center for Western Priorities, “Forest Service falls behind on Wildfire prevention,” Oct. 6, 2025. #223: Burgum keeps parks open but many visitor centers are closed & toilets are overflowing. He’s using recreation fees to maintain restrooms, collect trash, & perform other basic services which the General Accounting Office says is illegal. While NPS staff have been greatly reduced, staff in Burgum's office increased by 148 percent! And this huge central staff office is incapable of answering questions about individual parks! 38 former national park superintendents wrote to Trump administration urging that the parks be closed during a shutdown because past shutdowns shows that there is vandalism, trash piled up, & visitor safety jeopardized. Many visitors centers are closed & guide services are not available. Burgum is terrible administrator—fire this incompetent & save the parks. See https://montanafreepress.org/2025/10/02/gates-open-at-yellowstone-on-first-day-of-shutdown/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Newspack%20Newsletter%20%28254326%29&utm_source=2 & Center for Western Priorities. Shutdown plans reveal extent of Trump layoffs at Interior Friday, October 3, 2025 & https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-administration-national-parks-shutdown?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=72238a47db-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_10_02_09_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-72238a47db-84301189 #222: Unlike past shutdowns, Burgum’s NPS will provide no details on how individual Nat. Parks will be affected by the shutdown. Burgum’s centralization of communication means NO COMMUNICATION, NO TRANSPARENCY. What buildings or services will be closed? No Info. They released a general & vague statement—nothing necessary to help plan trips to parks. Why? Because Burgum is ENERGY CZAR & he doesn’t give a damn about NPS or anything other than DRILL BABY DRILL. Park Managers (anonymously because they would be fired if they spoke truth to the Press) say this situation is VERY ABNORMAL. Well, Trump is clearly mentally deficient & Burgum head is up Trump’s butt so what do you expect? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/10/02/nps-mostly-mum-on-details-of-whats-open-and-closed-at-parks-00591728 #221: Karen Budd-Falen named by Burgum to lead Interior’s wildlife policy opposes the concept that wildlife belongs to the public & the states in which they reside. She wants to abolish or weaken the Endangered Species Act. Her arguments have been soundly rejected by the Courts but Burgum puts her in charge of public lands? What a jackass! See A Top Trump Interior Official Once Pushed To Privatize Wildlife by Roque Planas & Chris D’Angelo. Public domain 10/1/25 #220: Burgum in effect to Public: “The ONLY thing that matters is fossil fuels—we continue doing mining/drilling & keep parks open despite having cut 24% of NPS workforce—visitors can clean the toilets if they have problems. Conservation as I have demonstrated means NOTHING to me. Yes, I am a TeddyR phony. I admit it.” See Interior Shutdown: National Parks Open With Limited Staff. Oil And Gas Permitting To Continue Apace. Chris D’Angelo, Public Domain, Oct. 1, 2025 #219: Trump & Burgum are drilling & mining like crazy to support AI is, a report shows, causing HUGE increases in electric bills for customers who live near fossil-fuel plants that Burgum is refusing to close down despite their inefficiency & pollution. The Trump report justifying these policies is “riddled with errors” ignoring the availability of lower cost alternatives “such as solar, batteries & wind power.” Trump/Burgum don’t give a damn about facts—only their fossil fuel friends. See https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/politics/states-demand-trump-fix-grid-reliability-report #218: Trump’s NOAA fires science centers “essential” for assessing the health & abundance of marine species including marine mammals. Why? These are conservation-related activities that can & often result in findings showing that species are endangered & Burgum’s Interior doesn’t want anything interfering with their “main” job: Drill, Baby, Drill. Fire Burgum & save endangered species! https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/30/staff-cuts-hit-hard-at-noaa-fisheries-science-centers-00587881 #217: Burgum takes on another job he won’t perform—heading new Wildland Fire Service! He’s already reduced Interior’s workforce but he’s taking on more functions? He doesn’t care about Interior’s conservation function—only his “fossil fuel energy czar” job. Compare how often this phony talks about conservation (ZERO) vs. “energy dominance” & you know he should be fired from Interior immediately if justice were done. Who is going to manage the merger of Forest Service & Interior? You got it--an Idaho investment consultant &Republican campaign donor, Michel Boren. He has lots of experience—sucking up to Burgum! And, guess what, the bipartisan GAO just issued a report that shows that Trump’s cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency were putting the agency at risk of being unprepared for a major natural disaster https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/30/interior-puts-out-call-for-new-fire-program-director-00587893 & https://www.notus.org/trump-white-house/trump-cuts-us-forest-service-firefighter-safety-gao?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=5841d4f620-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_29_07_15&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5841d4f620-84301189 #216: How do you secure a “plum job” in Burgum’s Interior? Yes, first it’s best to be a fossil fuel exec. However, if not that, then contribute big dollars to his campaign as Bill Hague did from 2015-2024 & you will be named represent Interior in the south Pacific! Sleazeball Burgum personnel selection method: Give me $! Fire the Bum. See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/burgum-donor-william-hague-job-interior?utm_campaign=e8c38fb750-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_18_03_35&utm_medium=email&utm_source=1500%2BCWP%2BList%2BDaily%2BClips%2Band%2BUpdates&utm_term=0_-e8c38fb750-84323706 #215: Sec. of Fossil Fuels Burgum announced steps to allow coal to pollute—they will amend haze rule to allow for haze to continue to hang over national parks & EPA will allow coal plants to pollute water that Biden had tried to stop. Burgum is giving $1 Billion to coal industry plants while eliminating clean energy projects. Coal projects will have their royalties cut so public gets less $ from mines while mines are able to pollute more land & water. Support clean air & water—Get rid of Burgum, Zeldin, & Trump. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/29/trump-launches-new-bid-to-save-coal-00584445 #214: BLM is using Trump’s Make America Beautiful Again campaign to allowing off-highway vehicles to speed through currently protected archaeological & culturally significant sites. Wildlife as well as peace will be threatened & run over by vehicles. That’s the priority of Trump/Bergum Interior—ORVs come first—get out of their way! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/25/blm-signals-it-may-reopen-utah-off-highway-vehicle-trails-00580079 #213: U.S. FWS are already encouraging extinction by redefining “harm” as NOT INCLUDING destruction of habitat. Habitat destruction has been DEFINITIVELY shown to be the MAJOR threat to species—not individual killing of animals but USFWS & Burgum ignore evidence—they don’t give a damn about preserving wildlife. Now they are stripping protections from animals that look like endangered species. Why a problem? Example: Florida panthers & pumas look very much alike so someone may shoot a panther & claim they thought it was a Puma. Defend endangered species & write to USFWS & tell them how stupid & harmful their proposals are. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/25/feds-propose-stripping-esa-protections-from-pumas-and-10-other-species-00579999 #212: Trump/Burgum’s Interior Dept. just canceled conservation grants that preserved butterflies, planted seeds that aided habitat restoration, improved trout passage in rivers & restored watersheds. Excuse: these grants “no longer align with agency priorities.” That’s right, conservation is NO LONGER an Interior priority. Their ONLY PRIORITY is DRILL BABY DRILL. Get rid of the mindless Energy Czar Burgum who spends NO TIME even thinking of conservation & put in somebody who CARES! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/24/interior-grant-recipients-report-an-abrupt-loss-of-funding-00578104 #211: The Center for American Progress has documented how Trump/Burgum Admin. are already removing protections for 175 Million Acres of Public Lands. The Trump-Burgum Admin. will live in infamy as the destroyer of public lands, national parks, & wildlife refuges. See https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-trump-administrations-expansive-push-to-sell-out-public-lands-to-the-highest-bidder/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=2474935513-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_22_03_30&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2474935513-84301189 #210: Analysis by the Center for Western Priorities finds that over 99 percent of the 183,000 comments submitted to regulations.gov as of Friday morning oppose the Trump administration’s plan to repeal the 2001 Roadless Rule. Surveys show that a large majority (>70%) support the roadless rule. Trump's main excuse for killing the rule is to fight fires but evidence shows that roads actually cause MORE fires & the Forest Service already faces a $10 billion road maintenance backlog. In contrast to Trump Admin.’s short 21-day online comment period, Biden's roadless rule went through extensive review & comments by states involving 430 public meetings & 1.6 Million public comments. Trump is rushing through a change with miniscule input. Fire Dept. of Agriculture Secretary Rollins & U.S. Forest Service head Tom Schultz & save our national forests & wildlife that depend on them. See https://westernpriorities.org/2025/09/comment-analysis-finds-over-99-opposition-to-repealing-2001-roadless-rule/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=242aa0c9ed-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_22_02_13&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-242aa0c9ed-84301189 & https://wyofile.com/wyomingites-with-deep-conservation-roots-oppose-axing-forest-service-roadless-rule/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=6e8c8024e2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_22_11_51&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-6e8c8024e2-417379196 #209: See Listing of major Interior Appointments by Burgum—almost entirely fossil fuel industry execs or Republican political hacks—NO CONSERVATIONISTS at all. The List includes: Kate MacGregor, an alumna of the first Trump administration and former energy executive. William Doffermyre, a former lawyer for Energy Transfer. Leslie Beyer, previously head of the Energy Workforce & Technology Council, a trade association. Michael Boren, an Idaho-based investment consultant and Republican campaign donor. Kevin Lilly, a Texas-based investment manager and former Army officer. He also holds the title of principal deputy assistant secretary. Janel Broderick, former deputy executive director of the Republican Governors Association and one-time lobbyist at Vikki Cooper & Associates. William Kirkland, who served in the first Trump administration as special assistant and deputy director of White House external affairs, for the Senate-confirmed job. William Hague, a former telecommunications executive. Hague also donated to Burgum’s failed presidential campaign in 2023 William Groffy, a former senior official with the Denver-based Colorado Oil and Gas Association. Groffy is also the principal deputy director at the bureau. The administration had picked Kathleen Sgamma, a longtime oil and gas advocate, as its nominee to lead BLM (later withdrawn) Lanny Erdos, a former coal company. Ned Mamula, the chief geologist at the Washington-based project financing company GreenMet Save our public lands & fire Burgum before he destroys them. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/22/shuffling-the-deck-interiors-current-top-brass-00572977 #208: Jack Webb used to say “Just the facts, Maam.” Trump Admin. doesn’t want ANY FACTS recorded about climate change, emissions, gun violence, & foodborne illnesses. They are eliminating data reporting & research on each of these crucial issues because they don’t want actual facts contradicting Liar-in-Chief Trump with facts demonstrating the harm of his actions against climate change, gun violence, emissions, & foodborne illnesses. See how Trump has eliminated reporting on each of these areas as documented in the links: (1) General Climate change: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/climate/trump-federal-data-climate-change-health.html?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 & https://www.npr.org/2025/08/08/nx-s1-5495338/climate-change-environment-websites-trump?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (1A) Hurricanes https://www.wlrn.org/weather/2025-06-27/critical-hurricane-monitoring-data-is-going-offline?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (1B) Extreme Weather: https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/about/documents-reports/notice-of-changes/2025-notice-of-changes/billion-dollar-weather-and-climate-disasters?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (1C) Emissions: https://www.noaa.gov/climate?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (2) Foodborne Illnesses: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cdc-quietly-scaled-back-surveillance-program-foodborne-illnesses-rcna227089?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (3) Gun Violence: https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/04/21/nx-s1-5371519/cdc-hhs-injury-prevention-federal-layoffs?utm_source=Master+List&utm_campaign=93329a4430-FIELD_NOTES_2025_10_19&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179127ae9e-435124825 (4) Trump ends annual report on U.S. hunger amid rising food insecurity. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/09/21/trump-usda-hunger-report-food-insecurity/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F44e8189%2F68d11e59fe87267da241ec1a%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F37%2F63%2F68d11e59fe87267da241ec1a Want the truth? You will NOT GET IT FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. Better off listening to Steven Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel—they tell it like it is while Trump can’t move his lips without lying. #206: One of Trump & Burgum’s main arguments against offshore Wind Energy is that it will harm whales. Well, NOAA’s study shows that about 100 whale entanglements occurred in 2024 with commercial fishing equipment but Trump/Burgum have not done anything about slowing ships & taking any measures to stop these entanglements. The Fishing Industry is a HUGE threat to whales—no evidence of significant impact from wind energy but Trump/Burgum don’t care about facts—only pleasing their bosses—the fossil-fuel industry. Save Whales & Fire both Trump & Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/19/noaa-report-nearly-100-whale-entanglements-in-2024-00572989 #205: Burgum orders removal of enslaved man’s whipped back which had been displayed at displayed at a national monument in Georgia. It was on display at Fort Pulaski, where the Park Service has long discussed slavery and the enslaved. Burgum doesn’t want any children to learn about the reality of slavery that would make U.S. history look less than perfect. His philosophy: See No Evil & Drill Baby Drill. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/17/nps-orders-removal-of-photo-of-enslaved-mans-scourged-back-00568678 & https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/09/nations-storyteller-bind-over-trump-administrations-view-history #204: State of California Gets it right: they have to enforce their own State Endangered Species Act to protect two desert songbirds, the Bendire’s thrasher & LeConte’s thrasher because Burgum’s Interior doesn’t give a damn about conservation-their only goal is to DRILL, DRILL, DRILL! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/17/wary-of-trump-enviros-seek-state-help-with-vulnerable-desert-birds-00568026 #203: Fire Fighting endangered by Burgum takeover: Burgum is establishing the new Wildland Fire Service—he only cares about being energy czar & is totally mismanaging Interior Dept. & now is going to take on another job & ruin fire fighting! Get rid of this creep & save forests, wildlife, & national parks! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/16/burgum-rolls-out-plan-for-interior-based-wildfire-service-00566078 #202: Trump & Burgum have both criticized Wind Energy for killing birds as reason to oppose it. Data from Burgum’s own U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service shows that Building collisions, Commun. Tower collisions, Electriclocutions, Poison, & Cats are more deadly & Trump/Burgum have just weakened the Migratory Bird Treaty so industry can’t be punished for them. The most deadly of all threats is loss of habitat which Trump/Burgum are rapidly worsening through public land grabs for industry & destroying old forests. Save Birds & neuter Burgum/Trump! See https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/12/wind-turbines-arent-the-biggest-threat-to-birds-00541799 #201: Burgum admits to reality of Climate Change but stops U.S. from developing wind-solar the cheapest & cleanest energy! Killing the Earth for our grandchildren to make Trump & Hamm—his bosses happy! As Princeton climate scientist says ““It is truly hard to fathom how we win the AI race if the Trump administration continues to block the fastest-growing & most cost-effective sources.” A Colombia Univ. scientist says “If you believe that the AI competition is existential & winning it requires producing an unprecedented amount of energy, then you should be pursuing an all-of-the-above.” In other words, Trump/Burgum policy of killing clean energy is THE STUPIDEST POLICY possible! See https://www.eenews.net/articles/burgum-losing-ai-race-is-more-dangerous-than-climate-change/ #200: Burgum/Trump Fast Track approvals of Wyoming coal mine show that environmental concerns are no longer seriously considered. 10 day public comment period (which Burgum’s Interior ignore) & one day online “public meeting.” A serious environmental review takes time but Burgum’s only time concern is how fast he can make his boss (Hamm) & other fossil fuel industry magnates wealthy & happy. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/10/interior-fast-tracks-approval-of-wyoming-coal-mine-00555065 #199: Bergum/Trump Change to Fed. Land & Water Conservation Fund destroys its whole purpose. Only will cover small isolated BLM parcels—would make impossible purchases such as along key portions of national scenic & historic trails like the Continental Divide Trail & also make impossible innovative partnerships with ranches adjacent to wildlife refuges to preserve connectivity of an area. In other words, Bergum is KILLING the LCW & we should write Repubs. in states like Montana to reject this destructive action. Fire Bergum, Save Public Lands! See https://missoulacurrent.com/federal-conservation-funding/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=ec4c7a3c35-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_09_09_08_56&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-ec4c7a3c35-84301189 #198: Trump & Burgum want more mining with less regulation & Kennedy is firing the workers at Nat. Inst. For Occup. Safety who do screenings and research to protect the mining workers, cutting their budget by 80%. In other words, Trump/Kennedy are endangering the workers while catering to the industry. Trump/Kennedy are despicable & deserve to be terminated! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/05/trump-wants-mining-federal-mine-safety-workers-are-on-the-chopping-block-00546426 #197: Interior Mismanagement under Burgum Increases! First, DOGE operative Tyler Hassen, former oil industry employee may have retained investments in industries that Interior directly oversees.The lawmakers requested Burgum and his team turn over all of Hassen’s financial disclosuresA document does not show Hassen moving to divest his shares in Albemarle or Quanta Services, which owns dozens of energy companies. Next, Michael Boren awaits his confirmation to lead the Forest Service, the multimillionaire business owner has a new job at the Interior Department: acting assistant secretary. Boren, who owns property or companies with property around the Sawtooth Nation Forest and its Sawtooth National Recreation Area, has clashed repeatedly with the Forest Service, including about a cabin built on federal land and a small airstrip on private property. Both Boren & Hassen fit in perfectly with Trump/Burgum—wealthy fossil-fuel related wealth who are unethical & have no interest in conservation, only in maximizing wealth of themselves & their industry pals. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/04/agriculture-department-nominee-lands-temp-job-at-interior-00544316 & https://www.publicdomain.media/p/tyler-hassen-interior-doge-financial-holding #196: Not content to destroy the Earth’s climate, Trump now aims to destroy its oceans too. Trump wants to rush ahead in deep sea mining in international waters without the slightest caution about the harm that could be done to the sea bed & ocean fish & other creatures. NOAA is supposedly in “charge” of this stupidity but Trump has fired 25% of their staff especially scientists needed to understand the harmful effects! Moreover, there is an international organization the United Nations’ International Seabed Authority, or ISA, which since 1994 has been working to establish international guidelines for seabed mineral extraction under the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea. The ISA says that Trump’s move sets “a dangerous precedent that could destabilize the entire system of global ocean governance. NOAA has no capacity to manage deep sea mining with its reduced workforce so Trump is handing over the sea to profit-seeking corporations like Canada-based the Metals Co. which has already been given approval to explore the The Clarion–Clipperton zone which is administered by the ISA & cover 1.7 Million Square Miles of ocean. Not content to destroy the Earth’s climate, Trump now aims to destroy its oceans too. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/03/trumps-bid-to-allow-deep-sea-mining-makes-waves-00541577 #195: U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with roadless rule DESPITE fact that studies confirm that building roads into roadless areas significantly increases the odds of fires being started--roads provide human access to previously inaccessible areas, and human activities are a major cause of wildfires. Additionally, roads can promote the growth of non-native, flammable vegetation and disrupt ecosystems, whereas roadless areas can act as natural fuel breaks and help prevent fires. Fire Tom Schultz & save our forests! https://www.npr.org/2025/08/29/nx-s1-5521379/trump-administration-forest-roads-roadless-rule-firefighters-wildfire #193: Trump/Bergum BLM weakens protections for threatened Sage Grouse so that more public land will be available for energy, mining, & grazing. The current rules were result of compromise made with western states to AVOID listing the sage grouse! Sage grouse are already extinct in North Dakota due to Bergum’s mismanagement! Save Sage Grouse & get rid of phony Interior Sec. Bergum! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/09/02/trump-admin-proposes-less-restrictive-sage-grouse-protections-00539957 #192: The stupidity of Trump-Burgum cuts in Interior staffing is proven by data that shows that the Nat. Park Service lost 20% of its workforce between 2010 & 2024 while at the same time visitation to the parks increased greatly. Yet, Burgum has cut the remaining force by another 24% so that Park Employees are no longer able to support adequately our hallowed Parks. Burgum has shown NO INTEREST in parks or conservation—his ONLY interest is in pushing fossil fuels to help his wealthy mentor & other industry billionaires. He should be impeached. See Audubon Magazine, Summer 2025, p. 12. & https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-cuts-national-parks.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=28dc1c1871-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_27_03_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-28dc1c1871-84301189 #191: Only positive conservation deed of Trump I Admin. was to fully fund Land & Water Con. Fund (LWCF) to purchase strategic pub. lands that we can all enjoy but Trump II instead wants to use LWCF for routine maintenance that is already covered by Interior funding. Thus the acquisition of strategically important lands for migration & biodiversity will no longer be done. Cancel Trump & Burgum! See https://westernpriorities.org/2025/08/trump-aims-to-end-the-purchase-of-new-public-land/ #190: EPA’s Zeldin not satisfied with killing climate science, easing introduction of more lethal chemicals with less testing & delaying PFAS measurements, he now is implementing new rule that will deprive MOST of nation’s wetlands to development. Fire Zeldin & save our Environment! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/28/epa-plans-to-dramatically-reduce-wetland-protection-00534264 #189: NY Times study shows Burgum has mismanaged Nat. Parks >90 parks reported problems due to departures, cuts & hiring freeze. Routine tasks like cleaning and stocking the bathrooms have gone undone. Fewer rangers give tours & lectures. Visitor centers have reduced hrs. Parks have lost $ millions b/c they are unable to staff entrances & collect visitor fees. Recently, the Interior Department downgraded the background check requirements necessary to fill positions in their quest for mediocre service. Educational programs are disappearing. National Parks are known for rangers who have deep knowledge the parks. But the staffing challenges have meant fewer ranger programs & the loss of educational offerings at many parks. Interior spokesperson objected to the Times reporting but could not provide any specifics! Interior under Burgum is worse than useless—doing active harm to our parks & conservation. Get rid of him—all he cares about is Energy Czar job which he is also managing disastrously. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/us/politics/trump-cuts-national-parks.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=28dc1c1871-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_27_03_32&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-28dc1c1871-84301189 #188: Trump-Burgum National Park Service: “I’m just happy to be here.” That’s what NPS officials tell hassled employees to say when asked they are asked about conditions. Yosemite search & rescues have rose 40% over last year. Save the National Park Service by getting rid of Burgum-Trump. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/26/yosemite-feels-the-burn-of-an-understaffed-summer-00522504 #187: Now Kristi Noem is destroying Lower Rio Grande Nat. Wildlife Refuge, waiving dozens of envmntal laws to build roads & barriers in what used to be a refuge for wildlife. Save Wildlife Refuges & fire Kristi Noem. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/26/border-wall-builders-strip-enviro-laws-from-texas-wildlife-refuge-00523265 #186: Trump & Burgum cancel another wind project—this one in Maryland. They don’t like clean energy projects that will help blue states. They like dirty energy that fattens the wallets of their fossil fuel energy bosses. Save Clean Energy & Fire DirtyEnergy Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/26/interior-to-revoke-permit-for-maryland-offshore-wind-project-00524729 #185: More stupidity from Trump-Burgum. They halted wind project in Rhode Island that’s 80% complete & would provide electricity to 350,000 homes. Wind/solar are infinite sources of energy & clean while fossil fuel are finite and dirty. Save our Earth & fire Trump & Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/22/interior-halts-second-offshore-wind-project-00521487 #184: Evidence shows that ending Roadless Rule makes no sense—most roadless areas are NOT NEAR Wildland-urban interfaces (WUIs). Only 2.8 out of 58.5 M acres of wilderness are near WUIs. Even more, data shows wildfires LEAST likely in wilderness/roadless areas. So Forest Chief Tom Schultz is either a liar or uninformed. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/21/rationale-for-more-logging-in-roadless-areas-comes-into-question-00517454 #183: Trump-Burgum say they will not approve wind/solar projects b/c they’re stupid?! Solar & battery storage are sources that can ease supply-demand gap quickest so that makes Burgum energy czar the stupidest! Save our environment & fire Trump/Burgum! See https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/20/trump-says-us-will-not-approve-solar-or-wind-power-projects.html?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=fd569c2b4f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_20_10_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-fd569c2b4f-84301189 #182: Trump-Burgum take away coverage from threatened species—threatened species are still threatened & need high protection—their habitat is being slashed by Trump-Burgum drilling & selling off of lands. Burgum cuts in staff make it impossible for them to give attention to new or old species. Burgum doesn't care--all he cares about is "Drill, Baby, Drill." Save species & dump Trump & Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/20/feds-yank-blanket-rule-used-to-protect-threatened-species-00515077 #181: Trump-Burgum schedule dozens of offshore oil-gas leases without ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS or environmental analyses. This is NOT LEGAL & certainly not ETHICAL but unfortunately, neither Trump nor Burgum give a damn about legality or ethics. Fire Trump & Burgum & save waters off Gulf of Mexico & Alaska. See Trump schedules auctions of dozens of offshore oil and gas leases Heatmap ALEXANDER C. KAUFMAN • AUGUST 20, 2025 #180: Trump’s order to keep coal-burning plants running will cost taxpayers $5 Billion by 2028. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved plans to recoup $ from taxpayers. So, at the same time, Trump/Burgum stop solar-wind energy, they keep an outmoded dirty energy plants going & will charge taxpayers for the bill. Get rid of Burgum & Trump & save clean energy & $. See https://stateline.org/2025/08/15/trumps-bid-to-support-coal-could-cost-ratepayers-billions-report-finds/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=556c393bbb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_18_08_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-556c393bbb-84301189 & https://www.utilitydive.com/news/ferc-doe-cost-allocation-consumers-constellation-power-plants/757877/?utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8choG8lJ567-mdnyJUu6tQpn-q2REqjAmwFE_Khc2Y0ax0QX-Rt6W7ZT4A1ViQ6Zao9rCllqBf8F4yPsvSRgGcE4LWzA&_hsmi=376551694&utm_content=376551694&utm_source=hs_email #179. While Trump/Burgum fixate on Drilling-Mining, the real crisis in the West is WATER & their mining-drilling will be consuming & polluting it. Save West’s Water—get rid of Burgum & Trump. See example of the problem at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/19/trumps-mining-frenzy-drives-water-fears-in-utah-00508284 #178: Burgum extinguishes species: Sage grouse are now extinct in North Dakota thanks to Burgum’s mismanagement. Now endangered marsh bird in LA is threatened by rise of sea due to climate change destroying their habitat according to FWS. Burgum approved Liquified Nat. gas facility which will destroy little habitat left for the bird refusing to designate the area as critical habitat using excuse that doing so might cause “overzealous” birders to disturb them! The bird’s recovery plan would cost estimated 443M which given Burgum’s view of natural resources as a balance sheet to pay off debt that Trump is incurring with tax cuts for the wealthy—means that he is not going to save birds when he can give $ to his wealthy pals. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/18/endangered-marsh-bird-needs-433m-lifeline-feds-say-00513318 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/14/judge-orders-fws-to-think-again-about-a-secretive-birds-critical-habitat-00450763 & https://wessiler.substack.com/p/where-national-parks-and-public-lands?publication_id=232406&utm_campaign=51bab70816-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_18_12_45&r=3hgl9t&utm_medium=email&utm_source=1500%2BCWP%2BList%2BDaily%2BClips%2Band%2BUpdates&utm_term=0_-51bab70816-84301189 #177: One of the positive accomplishments of George W. Bush’s Admin. was to create a large Marine Papahānaumokuākea Monument that bans fishing. Ocean fish populations have been declining & research shows that marine monuments help to PRESERVE fish populations. Trump’s NOAA is trying to allow American commercial fishing in this monument, undermining Bush’s conservation achievement. NOAA Administrators need to show courage & resist this roll-back of conservation. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/14/expanded-commercial-fishing-eyed-in-pacific-marine-monuments-00501108 176: Trump-Burgum BLM want to drill oil in 25 MILLION ACRES of Nat. Petroleum Reserve including areas previously aside for subsistence & habitat for species—asked for public comments & received 250,000 mostly condemning their ALL OUT DRILLING plan! Will BLM & Burgum listen to these comments? Burgum, phony pretender to worship Teddy R.- has shown he is totally deaf to anything but DRILL BABY DRILL. Fire Burgum & Save Alaska's wildlife! https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/09/national-petroleum-reserve-alaska-oil-gas-drilling?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=8fb2976468-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_11_01_57&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8fb2976468-84301189 #175: TRUMP-Burgum announce new PHONY EMERGENCY-crime emergency. Data show crime at 30-year low so there is NO EMERGENCY just as their energy emergency is phony—oil-gas production at highest level ever. Phonies announcing phony emergencies—the Trump-Burgum specialty. They cut Nat. Park staff but have staff to do local police work. Get rid of these incompetents & save Interior Dept. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/11/burgum-commits-park-police-to-trumps-dc-crackdown-00502715 #174: Sad State of National Parks-Forests under Burgum: Yosemite closed campgrounds due to staff shortage. At Zion, visitors unable to go to Fiery Furnace or take range-guided tours due to staff shortages. Campgrounds closed at Gunnison Nat. Park in Colorado. In Utah, Nat. Forest, pit toilets closed due to lack of maintenance. In short, Burgum’s NO LEADERSHIP & CUTS-CUTS-CUTS have downgraded the experience of visiting nat. parks & forests. Parks are now having to call on local governments and volunteers to perform cleaning & maintenance work & usual programming is just cut. Cut Burgum & Save our parks & forests. See https://medium.com/westwise/staffing-shortages-are-hitting-national-parks-and-forests-hard-this-summer-922609992ac6 #173: DOE’s Sec. Wright gathered 5 climate change deniers to release a report that exaggerates uncertainty in climate research, ignores the big picture of climate change to focus on minor points, misinterprets evidence showing footprints of climate change—that is what Trump’s Gold Standard Science amounts to—garbage. See https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02505-x #172: Burgum’s Interior has handed over border territory that is crucial to jaguars & cut shaved 64,797 acres off jaguar critical habitat to allow company developing the Rosemont mine near Tucson. Burgum priorities clear: Forget about jaguars & endangered species—hello Mines. Get rid of this creep before he destroys jaguars & other endangered species. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/07/scientists-spot-jaguar-as-border-wall-mining-projects-advance-00497636 #171: Engineers warn rising sea levels will flood Sanibel Island (FL) & NASA study shows unexpectedly high sea level rise in 2024. Ignorant Trump, Energy Czar Burgum, criticize Greenscam while Science shows that their knowledge is brownscum. They want “Gold standard” science?!!—their industry-funded pals can’t produce articles that pass peer-reviewed scrutiny. https://www.pbsnc.org/blogs/science/nasa-study-shows-unexpected-sea-level-rise-in-2024/?emci=4c8b4508-1572-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&emdi=bb12e5e3-9f73-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&ceid=1185046 & https://www.facebook.com/Fox4FortMyers/posts/a-new-engineering-report-presented-to-sanibel-city-council-warns-that-sea-levels/1203837081786125/ #170: In 2020, Trump I Admin. supported full funding of Land & Water Conserv. Fund (LWCF) due to fear they would lose Repub. Senators b/c Westerners like its purchase of strategic lands critical to wildlife. Now Trump & phony TeddyR lover Burgum want to divert LWCF funds to maintenance issues which they have caused due to firing of 1000s of Interior employees. Get rid of Burgum & Save Wildlife & Public Lands. See https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/defunding-the-program-that-builds?emci=03972a21-f672-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&emdi=2f03f8cb-9673-f011-8dc9-6045bda9d96b&ceid=326118 #169: Trump-Burgum pick, Nesvik, to head FWS did nothing to sanction man who ran over female wolf with snowmobile. Nesvik will do his best to weaken ESA’s protections for wolves & grizzlies. Save our charismatic predators & Fire Burgum & Nesvik! See https://wyofile.com/trumps-pick-nesvik-confirmed-as-fish-and-wildlife-director-with-some-bipartisan-support/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=2017fb04cb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_31_08_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2017fb04cb-417379196 #168: Trump-Burgum to restore statue of Confederate Gen. Pike who took up arms against the U.S. The statue of this Confederate will be placed in Washington, D.C. home of heavily minority community. What more insults will Trump-Burgum direct at minorities? Have them returned to Africa or sent to Alcatraz? Get rid of Trump & Burgum, Save the U.S. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/05/national-park-service-will-replace-confederate-statues-in-d-c-00494112 #167: Trump-Burgum lowering of royalty rates on oil-gas will cost Western states 100s of Millions of Dollars (50M in Wyoming alone) in state revenue used to pay for education, highways & other public services. Billionaires won’t be hurt but middle income workers will! See https://wyofile.com/forecasters-big-beautiful-bill-will-cost-wyoming-50m-in-coal-royalties/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=e267c30d89-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_08_05_09_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-e267c30d89-417379196 #166: Repub. Gov. of Nevada, Lombardo, tells Burgum “an arid state with abundant solar energy, limited water, oil-gas resources, solar energy is crucial to our State's economic future.” Think Jackass Burgum will listen even to Republican Governor? Burgum doesn’t have bit of guts to stand up to Trump—he’s a coward. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/06/interiors-restrictions-have-frozen-solar-projects-in-nevada-republican-governor-tells-burgum-ee-00495410 #165: Phony Burgum at it again. Blames wind energy for eagle deaths just after allowing industry to kill migratory birds! Studies show that major causes of eagle deaths include shooting (outlaw hunting in Wildlife preserves!) & poisoning (Outlaw lead bullets on public lands!) There is no way to exaggerate what a phony Burgum is—truly despicable in every way. If he were alive, Teddy R. would love to fight a duel with this phony. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/05/interior-brings-bald-eagles-into-its-beef-with-wind-energy-00493727 & https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9286660/ #164: Burgum says renewables don’t work at night. Does Trump’s Interior Secretary Know What a Battery Is? 40% of North Dakota's energy from renewables! Save renewables & our planet—Fire Trump & Burgum. See https://newrepublic.com/post/198661/mexico-president-sheinbaum-trump-cave-tariffs-deadline?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=5dc07c567a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_31_09_37&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-5dc07c567a-84301189 #163: Trump’s Interior just approved mine next to Boundary Waters Canoe Area. Let every outdoors person know this & vote against EVERY MAGA candidate. Fire Trump & Burgum—save the Boundary Waters. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/08/01/trump-revives-mining-leases-near-boundary-waters-00488244 & https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 #162: Burgum hands job in charge of national parks & wildlife refuges to a "wealth manager" who has no experience &, like Burgum, no interest in wildlife. Another unqualified Trump appointee—Lilly won’t worry about shortage of funding for parks & wildlife refuges—he would love to sell the lands to his wealthy clients. Save Nat. Parks & Wildlife Refuges. Fire Burgum & his unqualified appointees! https://westernpriorities.org/2025/07/trump-hands-national-parks-to-a-texas-wealth-manager/ #161: Burgum’s “COMMONSENSE APPROACH=Cancel incentives to use wind & solar energy that are inexhaustible & little harm to the environment, unlike fossil fuels! What is clear is that Burgum lacks commonsense & any concern about the health of our country. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/30/interior-order-targets-preferential-treatment-for-wind-and-solar-00482797 #160: Burgum Cuts Hurt National Parks: At Mammoth Cave, 2,300 daily ticket spots could be expanded by 400 to 500 more with a full workforce, according to rangers—most tours are filled in advance. At Glacier Nat. Park, calendars showed that only about 2/3 of number of ranger-led tours were on the schedule compared with the same day year before. At Zion, ranger pointed to delays in repairs-- popular Weeping Rock trail was still shuttered because of a rockslide. Fire Burgum & Save Our National Parks. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2025/national-parks-trump-cuts-impact/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F43e3cea%2F688a45bab5f0cb4d40ac374e%2F596c5f849bbc0f20865b2221%2F11%2F62%2F688a45bab5f0cb4d40ac374e&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=30e60627d3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_31_12_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-30e60627d3-84301189 #159: Main excuse for speed environmental reviews is to build DATA CENTERS but they consume HUGE amounts of water & electricity & cause rise in electric bills & have harmed water supplies. Fire Trump & Save Our Resources. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/technology/meta-data-center-water.html?utm_campaign=heatmap_am&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8RJLcpO8bDIHn6ukok9FXGzvh7dweEqE7PCI8bgxYZTjwiAcfr_dYChKZIKIeNRQiXQI3iww3vYylOzy6uvED7ePdLWA&_hsmi=373636907&utm_content=373636907&utm_source=hs_email & https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/07/27/electricity-rates-ohio-data-centers-ai/?utm_campaign=wp_personal_finance&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F43e3019%2F688a4185cb0bd95496fe5a3b%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F26%2F52%2F688a4185cb0bd95496fe5a3b #158: Trump-Burgum FWS kill Texas Wildlife Refuge expansion plan that has been approved by Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept. Expansion would be VOLUNTARY & financed by Land & Water Conservation Fund. With growing population & declining wildlife, Texas & U.S. need MORE refuges but Burgum FWS is blocking it—Fire Burgum & Expand Parks in Texas & everywhere! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/30/feds-take-rare-step-in-withdrawing-texas-refuge-expansion-plan-00483130 #157: Burgum’s Interior wants to avoid safety consultations by using “fast-tracking” excuse to mine dangerous substances like uranium. Earthworks says: No Way! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/28/interior-push-to-fast-track-minerals-from-waste-projects-faces-backlash-00479746 #156: Trump-Burgum Admin. wants to keep layoff info secret but Judge says NO! They want to layoff workers at Bureau of Land Management’s National Training Center, communications offices, National Park Services’ Commemoration & Community Engagement office, & Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement. Burgum lacks the ethics & guts to make info. public! Fire Burgum, Save Interior Department! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/28/judge-rejects-admins-bid-to-keep-layoff-info-secret-00479991 #155: Wildlife refuge helpers warn of ‘serious’ staffing shortfalls. Award-winning volunteers to National Wildlife Refuge System report that Trump-Burgum Admin. is harming the refuges: "It's very, very disturbing to see.."It's a serious, serious situation here. We're just heading in the wrong direction." Another volunteer: When he arrived at the Lower Suwanee refuge in 2011, Gude said it was tended by upward of 16 people. By the start of the second Trump administration this January, this was down to five. Now, Gude said in an interview, the refuge is staffed by only three workers. "We're just in, you know, triage," Gude said. "There's so many things we can't do that the public is used to, like use permits, special access permits, helping out with special projects or even doing projects." https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/28/wildlife-refuge-helpers-warn-of-serious-staffing-shortfalls-00475335 #154: Burgum tells Congress he doesn’t know how many wildfire certified red card holders qualified to fight fires he has fired. Too busy worry about Energy Czar to do Interior’s job of fighting fires! Fire the Incompetent! Save our Forests! https://www.skyhinews.com/news/burgum-neguse-department-interior-wildfire-red-card/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=b2cd5ffcb5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_28_04_31&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-b2cd5ffcb5-84301189 #153: Trump/Burgum wanted to cancel Energy Star program which emphasizes energy efficiency rather than Drill-Baby-Drill but Congress rejects the stupidity & is fully-funding it anyway. Fire Burgum—Save the Environment! See https://www.eenews.net/articles/senate-appropriators-push-back-on-trumps-energy-star-plans/ #152: Repubs. & Burgum excited about rare earth mining but demand for them depends on renewable energy growth like for crucial component of fuels cells used in hydrogen-powered machines. Another example of stupidity on part of Trump & Energy Czar Burgum. See https://wyofile.com/republican-excitement-for-wyoming-rare-earth-mining-contradicts-the-partys-disdain-for-renewables/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=6474b523bb-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_25_10_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-6474b523bb-417379196 #151: Phony Trump complains about Wind Energy hurting whales while main causes of death are injuries from vessel strikes & entanglements in fishing equipment. His Admin. has refused & taken back speed limits on vessels in whale areas & done nothing about entanglements. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/25/whale-entanglements-down-but-still-threaten-survival-00476978 #150: Trump/Burgum will lose BILLIONS in tax revenues with lower royalty rate of 12.5% compared to 16.67% under Biden. Recent New Mexico sale shows that new sales had LOWER BIDS per acre than under Biden which proves lower rates don’t spur competition but just give industry subsidies. Fed. rate is MUCH LOWER than states charge! Trump-Burgum are ripping off taxpayers to pay their industry pals. See https://www.taxpayer.net/energy-natural-resources/taxpayers-lose-millions-on-new-mexico-oil-gas-lease-sale-under-outdated-rates/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=baf2c27c48-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_24_05_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-baf2c27c48-84301189 #149: Trump-Burgum on wrong side of history & what public wants! 96% of Idahoans want to keep public lands in public hands. The issue isn’t partisan—95% of Republican oppose sale to private also! Burgum thinks public lands are “assets” to sell to industry & developers to pay for billionaire’s tax cut. “Get rid of Burgum--& SAVE PUBLIC LANDS! See https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/07/24/new-poll-find-96-idaho-voters-say-public-lands-should-remain-in-public-hands/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=baf2c27c48-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_24_05_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-baf2c27c48-84301189 #148: Top Data Center exec criticizes Burgum rule to slow renewable energy sources—supports rational ALL OF THE ABOVE policy:“It's one thing to take away our credits, but it's another to basically just put impediments so projects can't get built..I mean, the level of review here is so ridiculous.” Fire Burgum & support development of Renewable energy! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/24/data-center-exec-anti-renewables-stance-a-mistake-00471155 #147. Trump-Burgum View of History: Slavery & Jim Crow never existed leading us to version of 1984—don’t think or talk about negatives of our history. They want to remove books on these topics from NPS stores! Fire Burgum & Support truth! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/25/parks-gift-shops-banned-books/?utm_campaign=wp_the7&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F43cda06%2F6883615d300b04282953cd07%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F30%2F109%2F6883615d300b04282953cd07 #146: Interior Dept. NPS is removing info on establishment of Muir Woods that points out Natives were original caretakers of land & it was taken away from them. Burgum-Trump like all liars can’t stand historical truth. See https://19thnews.org/2025/07/public-lands-women-monuments-erasure/ #145: Another Trump/Bergum Unqualified Nominee: Trump named Billy Kirkland to head Bureau of Indian Affairs. During confirmation hearing, Kirkland did NOT KNOW that Trump’s cancellation of PBS will harm native communities in Alaska who depend on it for critical info. He also did not know Trump cancelled a water project in New Mexico located in Navajo Nation. Like all Trump nominees, Kirkland is ignorant & unqualified. Thus he will fit in perfectly with Burgum’s Interior Dept. See https://indianz.com/News/2025/07/21/were-frustrated-lawmakers-press-indian-affairs-nominee-on-key-issues/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=7252b59f5c-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_21_03_43&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-7252b59f5c-84301189 #144: Ag. Sec. Rollins & Chief of U.S. Forest Service, Tom Schultz, are going to race to lift logging bans that have protected forests & wildlife, saying will help fight fires while roads lead to human activity that causes fires & destroys habitat of old growth forests. Schultz, of course, comes from a logging company & Rollins was Trump’s disastrous domestic policy adviser during first term. Save the National Forests, Fire Rollins & Schultz. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/21/trump-admin-plans-sprint-on-lifting-logging-bans-00465297 #143: Burgum who is supposed to be against red tape mandates that all solar & wind projects be approved by him! He speeds thru fossil fuel projects w/o serious environmental reviews. Of course, he has spare time since he doesn’t give a damn about conservation or wildlife or Department of Interior traditional work. After all, he is Energy Czar & “DRILL BABY DRILL” is his only concern. Save the Earth, Wildlife, & Conservation: Fire Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/18/interiors-new-solar-wind-policy-sparks-concerns-of-shadow-ban-00462423 #142: Burgum must sign off on any step leading to solar/wind energy—they are clean energies, not polluting or heating the planet! He doesn’t pretend to ascribe to “All of the Above”—meaning use all energy sources. He’s not only disastrous for conservation, wildlife, and parks—he’s STUPID. Save the Planet, Fire Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/17/interior-directive-burgum-must-sign-off-on-all-solar-wind-projects-00459755 #141: Burgum first interest in National Park—Alcatraz! Phony Burgum is going to waste precious $ on unneeded prison done purely for Trump while he cuts support for parks, wildlife, & conservation. Save Parks, CUT BURGUM! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/17/burgum-bondi-visit-alcatraz-00459757 #140: Burgum to eliminate negatives from Nat.Parks: No talk about Native American’s erased identities, no talk about climate change at Cape Hatteras, no details on enslaved suffering from rape, violence. No books on Malcolm X. In other words, No Truth Allowed in Trump/Burgum Park System. Save Our Parks, Fire Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/15/burgum-asked-park-rangers-to-flag-negative-us-history-theyre-delivering-00453403 139. Trump Bill includes ban on listing the greater sage grouse as well as Texas freshwater mussels under the Endangered Species Act & FWS would be required to reissue a rule delisting the gray wolf & cut protections for long-eared bat & wolverine & forbid reintroducing grizzlies to North Cascades. The FWS would be blocked from implementing prior decisions that listed the northern long-eared bat as endangered and the wolverine as threatened, and the agency would be stopped from reintroducing grizzly bears into the North Cascades region of Washington state. Think Interior Sec. Burgum cares about endangered species? The ONLY SPECIES he cares about is billionaires! Fire Burgum, Save Endangered Species! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/14/house-releases-interior-epa-spending-bill-with-deep-cuts-00451124 #138: We thought selling public lands was defeated but actually the handover is going to happen to oil-gas-coal industry—it’s mandated in Trump Bill. Forest Service is mandated to cut huge swaths of forest to meet quotas & sign 20-year contracts making it impossible to revoke if a new Admin. takes over. Many endangered species need these forests to survive. Trump-Hamm toady Burgum cares only about DRILL BABY DRILL--See https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/they-gutted-public-lands-in-the-reconciliation?utm_campaign=2a92241240-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_13_08_43&r=9c63&utm_source=1500%2BCWP%2BList%2BDaily%2BClips%2Band%2BUpdates&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-2a92241240-84301189 #137 For years, surveys have shown that most western state residents strongly favor keeping & protecting our current public lands but nevertheless somehow creeps like Mike Lee who want to sell them get elected. But the revision in the Trump Big Bill to rule out selling/giving public lands to states-corps.-wealthy demonstrates that MOST are opposed to Trump/Burgum view that these lands are assets to be sold off to pay for millionaire’s tax breaks. For example, Idaho “legislators” celebrate death of the proposal to sell off public lands. Save public lands, get rid of Burgum. See https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/07/11/idaho-legislators-celebrate-death-of-proposal-to-sell-off-public-lands/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1b9b178dc0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_07_11_01_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1b9b178dc0-84301189 #136: Sage Grouse have become extinct in Burgum’s North Dakota. Reason: Loss of habitat & man-made disturbance in existing habitat. Obama forged innovative compromise in 2015 NOT to list them to states to agree to regs. to protect their leks. But Trump & Repubs. threw out regs. Only Federal ESA protections can save Sage Grouse. Phony Burgum gave lip service to them as gov. while they were dying out. Now Phony Burgum is ENERGY CZAR & wants to eliminate habitat protection from ESA, hand over habitat to oil-gas-mining, & has ZERO interest in conservation. Save Sage Grouse & Get Rid of Phony Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/11/sage-grouse-blink-out-in-burgums-north-dakota-00448376 #135: Burgum/Trump cut funding for Nat. Heritage Areas begun by Reagan but Burgum’s Interior is so inept they have been unable to provide 1-year stop-gap funding promised—due to loss of competent staff replaced by DOGERS. Burgum has proven to be a terrible leader/administrator, totally incompetent to run for President (his dream). Fire Burgum, Save Nat. Heritage sites! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/09/national-heritage-areas-on-knifes-edge-as-trump-slow-walks-funding-00442031 #134: Trump-Burgum Budget Cuts kill Bird Banding Lab. Burgum couldn’t care less about birders but hunters who collect the bands are angry & let’s face, Burgum, Trump’s Toady, is a coward so he may retract this cut. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/science/trump-budget-birds-banding-hunters.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20250709&instance_id=158109&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=201496&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #133: Burgum’s Personnel Cuts make it impossible to make decision on saving endangered species such as Mt. Graham red squirrel. Judge said: "The FWS (Fish & Wildlife Service) has a monumental task of protecting end. species given the budget and workforce cuts. The stupidity & phoniness of Burgum’s firings of Interior employees is demonstrated by the fact that the National Park Service lost 20% of its workers between 2010 & 2024 despite big INCREASES in visitors. Staffing at FWS national wildlife refuges shrank 30%in the same period. Fire Burgum, Save Endangered Species. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/08/judge-orders-fws-to-rule-on-mount-graham-red-squirrel-habitat-00441982 & https://www.audubon.org/magazine/public-lands-federal-staffing-chaos-threatens-fragile-ecosystems #132: Trump-Burgum: Let Offroad Vehicles damage Glen Canyon Nat. Rec. Area going 100mph, going off-trail tearing up the landscape. They are noisy, ruining experience for others & scaring/killing wildlife & plants. They have hundreds of other miles of backcountry to destroy but insist on doing it in Nat. Rec. Area. Biden Admin. protected areas with stunning hanging gardens, sandstone cliffs, soaring buttes & endless mesas but Trump overturned it. This is part of Trump-Burgum Make America Noisy & Ugly program. There are > 200,000 ORV users in Utah—by end of Burgum-Trump term, imagine what area will look like. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/02/atv-national-parks-utah/?utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter #131: Article in Wash Post on Make America Beautiful Again group that got Trump to sign order to protect pub. lands. Organizer wants to have as much impact as Teddy R who protected 230 M. acres pub land. Has he heard of Burgum who wants to sell those lands & weaken Antiq. Act Teddy R created?! Burgum, supposed Teddy R fan is the BIGGEST phony in Admin. filled with phonies. Fire Burgum, save public lands. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/07/03/make-america-beautiful-again-trump/ #130: Interior shifting 5700 employees creating mess, low morale, unable to fill summer positions, chaos in reporting=idiotic personnel management by buffoon Burgum. Fire Burgum, Save the Interior Department’s professionals who have the knowledge this A-Hole lacks. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/03/interior-reorganization-will-shift-nearly-5-700-employees-00438995 #129: NOAA kills climate monitoring, research, & info. dissemin.—doesn’t want public to see how much damage being done by Trump-Lutnick & switch NOAA's protective species programs to Interior’s FWS which is also eliminating programs to protect end. species. Two A-Holes, Lutnick & Burgum, in charge of extinction of species. Save sea creatures--Fire Lutnick & Burgum. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/03/white-house-details-proposed-noaa-research-science-cuts-00435082 #128: NOAA set to extinguish Rice whales. Refuse to slow ships but instead want to use NON-EXISTENT technology to save them—they will be extinct by that time. This IDIOTIC “Biop” disgusted experts. Only 50 left. But Trump NOAA only cares about speeding drilling ocean & keeping ship industry happy. NOAA will be eternally defamed by this extinction. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/02/noaa-says-this-technology-could-save-rices-whales-it-doesnt-exist-yet-00432398 #127: Poetic justice-Gutting of Interior officials making more difficult to roll back regulations that protect conservation! For example, Fish and Wildlife Service, …has lost considerable subject matter expertise The agency needs specialists…who are trained in determining whether individual wetlands or streams are regulated by the Clean Water Act, a highly complex and technical process. Serious compliance with NEPA & ESA takes time to do seriously but Burgum will speed thru as employees say already happening: “We have to crank out more permits faster — or at least to make it look like we did.” Phony Burgum’s Interior produces phony compliance. Fire Burgum, Save our public lands! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/02/federal-exodus-imperils-trumps-permitting-goals-00425766 #126: Donald Trump Jr. killed end. sheep in 2019 w/o permits with impunity & now in 2025 killed a rare duck in Venice without permits. Don’t worry about U.S. Interior or Fish & Wildlife Agency taking actions against him. Burgum would be HAPPY to lick Junior’s boots if asked. See https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/europe/italy-duck-hunting-trip-donald-trump-jr-intl & https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-inc-podcast-donald-trump-jr-went-to-mongolia-got-special-treatment-from-the-government-and-killed-an-endangered-sheep #125: Burgum cut Committees on Science, Quality & Integrity & Climate Adaptation Science but holds Hunting and Shooting Sports Council. (Burgum eliminated “Conservation” from name of Council—doesn’t want any MAGAs thinking he cares about conservation—he’s clearly trying to plan for 2028. Burgum eliminated rule against using lead bullets in Nat. Wildlife REFUGES—they aren’t refuges against LEAD BULLETS! https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/07/01/interiors-hunting-advisory-panel-readies-for-work-under-trump-admin-00434910 #124: Repub. Senators kicked out bill to allow mining near Boundary Waters but Burgum & Ag. Sec. Rollins move to do it anyway even tho Minnesotans are strongly opposed. They have their priorities straight: BILLIONAIRES FIRST, CONSERVATION BE DAMNED. Fire Burgum, Save the Boundary Waters. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/06/trump-administration-reignites-mining-fight-near-minnesotas-boundary-waters-00403841 #123: Burgum wants to weaken ESA again by not providing same protections to threatened species as endangered species. Most threatened species are there primarily b/c of loss of habitat & they will ALWAYS be threatened with extinction so his argument that providing same protection discourages recovery is totally specious. His policies cutting forests, selling lands, putting more mining & oil drilling in natural areas will speed their extinction. He knows this but all he cares about is Drill, Baby, Drill. Teddy R would spit in his face if he were alive. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/30/white-house-once-again-eyes-big-esa-rule-changes-00432352 #122: Lee quits on public land sell-off b/c most public & even Repub. Senators are strongly against it but phony TR fan Burgum will continue to view them as assets to pay for Billionaire’s tax cuts. IF Teddy R. were alive now, he would denounce Phony Burgum. Save Public Lands, Fire Burgum NOW. See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/utah-sen-mike-lee-withdraws-public-land-selloff?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4006545&post_id=167107816&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4mtlo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email #121: NPS is collecting comments from visitors & a leaked summary is that they want INCREASED protection for public lands—not their sale! One summed it up (to Interior & Burgum): G0**** YOURSELVES which is what the majority of the American people are saying. See https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/doi-national-park-negative-history-comments-leak-20396121.php?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=eebd7b1fa3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_26_10_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-eebd7b1fa3-84301189 #120: Head of Bur. Ocean Energy Mgmnt is lobbyist for offshore oil industry. Burgum’s Interior is Government of Industry, by Industry, & FOR Industry. Fire Burgum, Save the Ocean which BOEM is preparing to drill without limits. This was also true of Trump I Admin. as proven in my book: Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department but it’s much worse & happening much faster this time. See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/matt-giacona-offshore-oil-lobbyist-boem #119: Interior’s NOAA Fisheries are expanding 2025 harvest for Atlantic herring contrary to what fishing conservation experts say should be done. Data shows that the herring population is “still depleted.” But the increase is demanded by the New England Fishery Mgmt. Council & industry comes first in the Burgum/Trump Administration. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/25/regulators-walk-back-catch-limits-for-atlantic-herring-00423315 #118: One more Oil-Gas Official names to key Interior-BLM post, Deputy Director. Purpose is to move away from conservation-focused management to DRILL BABY DRILL Trump policies. Any concerns with environmental, wildlife conservation issues will be ignored so that Burgum can give energy industry what they demand. What happened to “balance”? Trump & Burgum don’t know the meaning of the word. No conservationists/environmentalists should bother applying for a job in Burgum’s Interior. Save Wildlife, Our Environment, Our Public Lands and Seas—FIRE BURGUM. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/25/colorado-oil-and-gas-official-picked-for-top-blm-post-00423320 #117: Trump ignores International agreements & rushes to give deep-sea permits. Interior will use “emergency procedures” which means they will ignore any serious attention to environmental impacts which would take time to assess. Experts at Oceana, key ocean conservation expert org. support deep-sea mining moratorium which is also the position of the seafood industry because so little is known about the potential harm from it. Oceana points out that "By fast-tracking deep-sea mining and spurning the international process, the U.S. also weakens its ability to demand cooperation and compliance from other nations in issues like illegal fishing.” Interior’s effort deep sea effort will be led by NOAA (Nat. Oceanographic & Atmospheric Org.) whose employees are being cut sharply so how will they do this new & complex job? They won’t—industry will do whatever they want to. See https://www.eenews.net/articles/trump-initiates-fast-track-for-deep-sea-mining-permits/ #116: Interior Dept. ends Civil Service to be replaced by Trump (i.e.,MAGA) employees. No more employees will be left who believe in conservation. To get their job, they will have to write an essay reveals who they voted for in the 2024 election. They will be required to SHOUT: DRILL BABY DRILL or else be fired. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/25/who-could-be-fired-more-easily-interior-is-not-saying-00423292 #115: Westerners don’t like sale of public lands! E.G. Former Repub. Wy. Speaker of House said “billionaires and corporations, and perhaps foreign countries,” will be the successful bidders if the measure passes.” He goes on to say: “Those rich and powerful entities will use their purchases to control public access, locking up public lands “tighter than a miser’s fist on a handful of pennies.” Note: This is just what Burgum thinks will be great!! See https://wyofile.com/wyoming-opposition-intensifies-against-public-land-sell-off/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=096fab76c8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_23_11_22&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-096fab76c8-417379196 114. Trump-Forest Service to Strip protections from Roadless Areas. It will destroy the Tongass Nat. Forest—one of last intact rainforests in world. Phony firefighting excuse: current rule allows for wildfire fighting.” See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/23/roadless-rule-public-lands-repeal/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert #113: Real reason for selling out Public Lands: Big Sh_tty bill contains no affordability mandate & no environmental review. It's to pay for tax cut & allow wealthy to pick off desirable land to make $$$. Fire Burgum, Save Wildlife & Public Lands. See https://wyofile.com/hagemans-stance-on-public-land-sales-shows-she-doesnt-work-for-wyoming/ 112: Trump/Burgum shutting down USGS Bee research despite long-term collapsing bee populations. It’s understandable: major causes of depopulation include habitat loss & pesticides both of which Trump Admin. is SPEEDING. Trump excuse: need to focus on drill-baby-drill & saving $ for tax cut for wealthy. Fire Burgum & Save Wildlife. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/22/bee-disappear-pollinator-federal-lab/?utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere_trending_now&utm_medium=email&utm_source=alert&location=alert #111: Not only does No One in this Admin. (esp. Burgum) care about wildlife & end. species, they are determined to dismiss any threat to species that might delay their fossil fuel mania. Weaken the Migratory Bird Treaty, rush & eliminate any environmental concerns when pushing huge projects on pub. lands, weakening the Endangered Species Act, ignoring climate change threats to species such as gray whales that is disrupting their feeding grounds. These A-holes don’t give a damn about anything except profits for billionaires like Hamm. Fire Burgum & save birds & other wildlife. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/20/gray-whales-off-california-coast-declining-again-noaa-says-00415033 #110: Burgum is outlawing “negative signage” in Nat. Parks. He will make slavery seem like a means for helping minorities “adjust” to their new country. He’s asking for visitors to report negative, unpatriotic ideology from signs and presentations. How about this sign, Burgum: Go F__K yourself as you are f___king our National Parks & Public Lands. Fire Burgum & save Wildlife! https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog #109: Interior Sec. Burgum Tactic: Destroy data collection that shows how harmful your policies are. They are eliminating Breeding Bird Survey & Banding Laboratory. Why? 1st: He doesn’t give damn about wildlife. 2nd: When pops decline due to loss of habitat, USGS won’t have data to verify decline. Save Birds & Fire Burgum Now! See https://therevelator.org/trump-vs-birds/ #108: Sec. of Interior Burgum doesn’t know squat about NPS or Interior. He has no idea of how many people work in either or how many he has fired. He should be fired as Sec. Interior—all this A-hole thinks about his DRILL BABY DRILL. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/18/burgum-says-only-half-of-nps-employees-work-in-parks-nps-data-disagrees-00412816 #107: Trump-Burgum Energy Dominance Approach is Stupid! Tech Council that will be using Data Centers which are main excuse for energy “emergency” say that ignoring/disinvesting in solar & wind will RAISE energy prices as well as destroy environment! Burgum thinks he’s smart—toadying to Trump to be candidate for next President but will be proven an ignoramus. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/11/powering-the-ai-boom-ratchets-up-pressure-on-republicans-00398748 #106: Any other Western State Republicans Have Any Guts? Montana’s two Republican Senators have opposed the sell-off of Federal Public Lands to industry & billionaire’s tax refunds so that Montana’s lands will not be included in the sales. So far they are the only Republicans to speak up for what surveys show is the OVERWHELMING position of U.S. citizens including states like Utah: “Don’t sell our public lands!” The good news is that the next time these “sell-outs” come up for reelection, they will be defeated. #105: Sec. Burgum defended selling out of 2 million acres of public lands to be handed over to energy industry, developers, ranchers, miners. Sen. Justice (WVA) called Burgum “the pick of the litter”---that’s correct if you mean he belongs in a litter box which is where he belongs if this occurs. Vast majority of public opposes & this will come back to haunt Burgum when he runs for Pres. in 3 yrs—it’s obvious that this phony is trying to establish his MAGA credentials by acting like an A-HOLE. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/11/burgum-previews-land-sales-plan-gets-grilled-on-cuts-00399667 #104: Trump lackey Justice Dept. plans to destroy national monuments that represent most of lands & seas preserved over the past century. Teddy R, best conservation president ever created Antiquities Act. 1938 Opinion said only Congress could change monuments not Presidents. 18 presidents, 9 Dems. & 9 Repubs. have declared national monuments—only Trump has tried to destroy them, protecting >100 acres of land & 100’s millions sea acreage. Sec. Burgum claims only “small monuments” can be created but early monuments covered hundreds of 1000s acres & were not questioned by Congress or Presidents until Trump. Burgum can’t wait to destroy Antiquities Act created by Teddy R & hand it over to Hamm & energy industry or developers. Every survey has shown overwhelming support for these monuments & that’s why Trump is afraid to let Congress make such a decision because he knows he would lose. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/10/trump-abolish-national-monuments/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=2c37ff773e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_11_12_31&utm_medium=email #103: Interior says that layoffs have just begun—many more planned to improve “efficiency.” Here’s One Major efficiency: Fire Doug Burgum who does or says NOTHING on conservation or wildlife & nothing POSITIVE about Federal Public Lands—these are KEY ASPECTS of his job & he’s a TOTAL ZERO. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/10/trump-energy-enviro-agencies-eager-to-resume-layoffs-00396583 #102: Burgum-Trump want to eliminate USGS—agency that researches & collects data on status of climate & wildlife & diseases such as avian flu, water quality, & forest fires. Makes sense for Burgum/Trump—If public doesn’t hear about temperatures climbing or species disappearing, they will get away with it & collect few $ for their tax cut. One more proof that Burgum/Trump are clear & present dangers to not only wildlife but humans. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/09/trump-cuts-would-scrap-usgs-biological-research-arm-00384711 #101: Read about how Burgum/Trump’s push to have dirty coal replace renewables is dumb b/c market forces are going opposite direction. Burgum says “this is what energy leadership looks like—actually this is what stupidity looks like! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/06/trumps-coal-frenzy-clashes-with-market-realities-00391786 #100: Energy Czar Burgum can’t go one weekday without attacking conservation. He killed 18 rules that protected public lands such as requiring companies go about prospecting within Nat. Forests “in a way that preserves the wilderness environment.” What can you say about him except that he’s an A__HOLE! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/03/interior-axes-18-rules-tied-to-mining-geothermal-energy-00383033?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=23b030819a-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_06_04_12_48&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-23b030819a-84301189 #99: He’s also cutting 75% of the budget of Interior’s wildlife habitat management that helps end. species—birds & 0ther wildlife are declining at a rapid rate & need INCREASED funding, not cuts. Loss of habitat will be far worse as Burgum hands over public lands to industry & states. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/02/trumps-interior-budget-would-eliminate-major-programs-00380062 #100: Burgum is also cutting by 1/3 the budget of Inspector General for Interior. No wonder—he doesn’t want anyone monitoring his favors to his wealthy oil industry pals. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/02/trumps-interior-budget-would-eliminate-major-programs-00380062 #98: The ONLY pro-conservation action by Trump1 Admin. was to fully fund Land and Water Conservation Fund—they did it to try to save jobs of Repub. senators in Col. & Mont. b/c they knew voters SUPPORTED this fund to for acquiring land & waterways for rec. & conserv. Nat. parks & public lands are being more heavily used all the time with growing pop. Now he’s going to divert these $ to maintenance. He calls this America First priority—Americans WANT their public lands enhanced—not cut! Cut Burgum out of Interior before he carries out this destruction. We will use these cuts to restore Democratic Party control over the country and save Conservation, Wildlife, & Public Lands. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/02/trumps-interior-budget-would-eliminate-major-programs-00380062 #97: Burgum calls protecting sensitive ecological areas & protecting Indigenous knowledge as “obstruction”—he will drill ARTIC National Wildlife PRESERVE & Nat. Petroleum Reserve b/c of PHONY ENERGY CRISIS. Every single word out of the mouth of this creep is about energy. He should RESIGN or be FIRED so that we can have Int. Secretary who CARES about CONSERVATION—not pleasing Hamm & other oil-billionaires. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/06/02/interior-to-reverse-biden-ban-on-drilling-in-alaska-00380235 #96: Burgum should resign as Sec. of Interior. He is ENERGY CZAR & all he talks about & cares about is ENERGY dominance. He does not even think about conservation or public lands except how to harm them/hand them over to industry/states. E.G.: he wants to cut 1.2B from NPS budget. Since he does not care about conservation/public lands, he has no business being Interior Secretary. Let’s start a movement to get rid of this bum before he accomplishes his mission of destruction. See https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/05/04/trump-budget-proposal-cuts-to-parks/83428514007/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=d06bcdb8c6-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_04_11_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-d06bcdb8c6-84323706 #95: Interior’s new “expedited reviews” are reviewless! You can’t seriously investigate environmental impacts in 2 wks. But then that’s the whole pt. of Burgum-Trump Drill-Baby-Drill—Who cares about environments? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/30/interior-using-new-expedited-reviews-for-geothermal-projects-00376753 #94: Trump’s Big Crappy Bill Still attacks Public Lands: (1) Mandates lands sales in Arctic Nat. Wildlife Refuge; (2) Takes $ from U.S. taxpayers & gives to industry by restarting noncompetitive leasing practices & by reducing federal royalty rates from 16.67 percent to 12.5 percent; (3) Allows companies to pay fees for accelerated environmental reviews & shield them from judicial review; (4) rescinds protections for 225,000 Acres in Superior Nat. Forest threatening Boundary Waters; (5) hugely expands timber logging that will undermine Roadless Rule that has preserved pristine lands. This is a bill that any Sec. of Interior who cared about conservation would try to hide but Burgum, phony Teddy R fan, brags about it. See https://westernpriorities.org/2025/05/trumps-big-beautiful-bill-is-still-ugly-for-public-lands/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=1e167a0473-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_28_06_50&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1e167a0473-84301189 #93: Trump-Burgum have cancelled NEPA Guidance that directed agencies to consider climate change in making decisions. The vast majority of climate scientists agree that climate change is proven to be real but ignorant Trump-Burgum stick their heads in Sh_T. Burgum-Trump had better get ready to get down on their knees & beg forgiveness when super-hurricanes strike. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/28/trump-axes-biden-era-climate-guidance-in-nepa-reviews-00372276 #92: An 11-day NEPA review? Interior just did that in approving a mine that for uranium, which have polluted across the West, namely from radioactive and hazardous materials. Excuse for not doing a serious environmental review? Phony “Energy Crisis” that Burgum & Trump are using to ignore environmental protections. Phony emergencies for phonies running our government. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/27/an-11-day-nepa-review-interior-just-did-that-00370565 #91: Burgum wants public to report any Nat. Parks that has negative info on U.S. So Memorial devoted to Harriet Tubman can’t talk about evils of slavery or Monument to Emmet Till can’t talk about horrors of Jim Crow South. History at Nat. Parks under Burgum/Trump will be as phony as Trump’s supposed religion or concern about antisemitism. See https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2025/05/public-urged-report-national-park-placards-disparage-americans-or-detracts-scenic-grandeur?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=75816b7d04-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_26_10_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-75816b7d04-84301189 #90: Burgum wants to offload smaller Nat. Parks to states who face same probs.--Pressures to privatize & limited $ for maintenance & Conservation. States will privatize or give land over to ranchers/oil/gas/timber & there will be less public land & habitat for wildlife. Burgum claims $900 M would be saved but offer NO supporting DETAILS! No one in INTERIOR Dept. made up of industry drones & Trump suck-ups will stand up for conservation. Burgum should be called what Trump calls his “enemies”: SC_M! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/27/trump-plan-could-offload-hundreds-of-national-park-sites-to-states-00367039 #89: Rice Whales vs Trump Admin. There’s only 50 left & Biden Admin. set voluntary guidelines to protect them such as speed limits on ships & Courts have said the lease of oil in the Gulf would threaten this species but the Trump Admin. is trying to use their (false) “energy crisis” to overrule these legal protections. See https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/can-america-s-only-endemic-whale-survive-next-four-years?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter #88: Read great article by Will Pattiz on how concept of “multiple use” has been perverted to mean that ranching-oil-gas-coal-timber industries should have priority over conservation, recreation, & habitat for wildlife. The 1960 Multiple-Use-Sustained-Yield Act stated that national forests should be managed to protect scientific, scenic, historical, environmental, air & atmospheric, water resource and archeological values.” The Biden Admin. established a principle that conservation and recreation should be on an equal footing as industry uses but Trump has deleted this rule. Pattiz describes how violation of the multiple use principle has harmed public land areas throughout the U.S. including the Permian Basin of New Mexico, Avi Kwa Ame Nat Monument in Nevada, the Boundary Waters, Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, Ohio’s Wayne Nat. Forest, and Greater Chaco Landscape of New Mexico. Now Burgum wants to turn over lands to states who have even less will to preserve the conservation (non-industrial) uses of these lands. Time to tell Congress to stop the steal of public lands! See The Great Hijacking of ‘Multiple Use’ https://morethanjustparks.substack.com/p/the-great-hijacking-of-multiple-use?utm_campaign=91279a5ee5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_21_03_55&r=3hgl9t&utm_source=1500%2BCWP%2BList%2BDaily%2BClips%2Band%2BUpdates&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-91279a5ee5-84301189 #87: Burgum-Trump proposed Budget would eliminate research done by USGS which does unbiased research on critical issues such as avian flu, threats to bees that pollinate our crops, & endangered species such as the sage grouse. This is part of Trump-Burgum strategy: eliminate any reporting on worsening conditions due to their destruction of habitat to build oil-gas-coal industries so the public won't learn of the harm they are doing until it's too late. It will also destroy university research & grad students committed to biological crises. Burgum-Trump don’t care but U.S. Citizens should—contact your Congressional rep. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/usgs-biological-research-arm-could-vanish-next-week/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-05-23-Newsletter #86. The Trump Border Wall is harming endangered wildlife. See detailed story by April Reese. We know that Trump couldn’t care less about this harm but worse that NONE of his Interior flunkies from Burgum on down do either—that is a disgrace. See Trump’s Border Wall Expansion Endangers Wildlife and Habitat April Reese, May 21, 2026 https://www.hcn.org/articles/trumps-border-wall-expansion-endangers-wildlife-and-habitat/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-05-23-Newsletter #85: Trump election denier with no background in land, wildlife, or resource management. But lots working as Repub. operative. Appointed to top Interior position. Burgum’s team—worst ever—worse than Watts! See https://theintercept.com/2025/05/21/trump-2020-election-denial-daniel-gustafson/ #84: Who would have thought that Ryan Zinke Sec of Int. under Trump1 would have more integrity & concern for conservation than Burgum but his voice helped to strip public land sales from Recon. Bill. Shame to Burgum who is eager to sell what he calls "assets: to make his billionaire pals happy. Burgum, worst ever Sec. Interior! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/21/republicans-strip-public-land-sales-from-reconciliation-00364064 #83: Burgum refuses to speak against $1B Trump cuts in Interior funding incl. Nat. Parks but wimps out by saying “Interior won’t ignore Congress Power of the Purse.” What a wimp & phony. Big Guy? Big Coward! The only "cause" he stands up (actually bows down!) for is Billionaires like his pal Hamm! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/20/burgum-interior-wont-ignore-congress-power-of-the-purse-00358476 #82: Interior Dept. released details on Burgum’s staff. It’s full of Republican politicos and industry officials—NOT ONE person with conservation or public lands background=Trump’s uncivil service, working for the industry from which they came & to which they will return. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/15/interior-releases-burgum-staff-list-00351929 #81: Burgum/Trump want to cut oil-gas royalty rates to make their corp. friends wealthier but will result in I estimate that these c $5 billion in losses to the federal government in by 2035, Who benefits? Billionaire fossil fuel execs like Burgum’s pal, Hamm. See https://www.resources.org/common-resources/if-then-new-cuts-to-oil-and-gas-royalty-rates-in-budget-reconciliation-will-reduce-federal-revenues/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=8f83f5b717-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_13_03_59&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-8f83f5b717-84301189 #80: Burgum rescinding rule to incentive RENEWABLE energy dev. on fed. lands because it’s “one-sided” & “biased” & want to restore “balance” just as they kill wind & solar projects & cut royalty rates on fossil fuel companies! What happened to Repubs. who wanted ALL OF THE ABOVE? Renewables don’t cause climate change-Oh, forgot, Trump says climate change is a scam. Over 90% climate scientists say it’s real but MAGA believes in Trump, the “genius” who won’t let anyone see his grades/SAT scores. He’s a dope & Burgum is a phony. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/14/interior-moves-to-rescind-blm-rule-promoting-renewable-energy-00348546 #79: Burgum fired Interior employees claiming falsely for poor performance & disregarded RULES for how to do firings. Now has to correct the false info that would have made it hard for them to get UI or another job. & he's not apologetic for his LYING. What a S__T! Actually, it is BURGUM who has performed UNSATISFACTORILY—spends no time on ANYTHING other than energy dominance. In <5 months, he has become BY FAR worst Sec. of Interior Ever. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/13/interior-begins-correcting-the-record-on-probationary-staff-firings-00344538 #78: Burgum asks court to unprotect lesser prairie chickens—they interfere with energy dominance so they don’t deserve to live. When they go extinct, Burgum will ask Colossal to recreate a couple to be kept in a zoo. When will Burgum ever prioritize CONSERVATION over energy dominance? Never. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/08/interior-asks-court-to-strip-protections-from-lesser-prairie-chicken-00335721 #77: Burgum cancels Wind project because “project's permit had been rushed.”!! This from a guy who is eliminating environmental reviews for coal, mining, oil-gas projects! What a hypocritical fool this “Teddy R” phony has turned out to be. Some Repubs claim to be “for all of the above” energy sources but they are nowhere to be seen in Trump2. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/05/09/equinor-to-terminate-empire-wind-00339783 #76: National Park Service has canceled air-quality monitoring at their parks. No wonder! With the mining & drilling going on & with wild fires burning with many fewer people to fight them due to Burgum cuts, the air will be dirtier & Burgum doesn’t want that reported to the public. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/05/national-parks-air-quality-monitoring/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=af8ae0feba-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_06_12_34&utm_medium=email #75: Burgum’s “species delisted from endangered list” will be his performance benchmark for next 4 yrs. He will delist species that shouldn’t be delisted. Indeed, most threatened species these days can NEVER be safely delisted because causes of man-made threats such as loss of habitat, climate change, “takes” by killing will be increasing forever! Delisting them will be Extinction of them. Does Burgum understand or care about this basic FACT. No, of course not. One more example of what a pathetic phony “admirer” of Teddy R he is. See Public Domain, RECORDS: Trump's Interior Secretary Has Close Ties To The De-Extinction Company He Promotes #74: Why Burgum is many, many times worse than James Watt as an anti-conservation Secretary of Interior. This clown in 100 days has perpetrated 17 actions against the environment: (1) Undermined NEPA compliance allowing for “alternative arrangements” to escape rigorous review; (2) Encouraged offshore development on Continental Shelf; (3) Rolled back protections provided by Marine Monuments & Sanctuaries; (4) Cut Offshore Wind Development projects; (5) Weakened Endangered Species Act Protections for wildlife; (6) Weakened or Eliminated Regulations governing Onshore Energy Development; (7) Weakened Migratory Bird Act Protections; (8) Weakened NEPA regulations protecting the environment; (9) Announced intention to cut or eliminate National Monuments; (10) Eliminated scientific calculations developed to measure social cost of Greenhouse emissions; (11) Weakened Rules on Methane Gas release; (12) Allowed much new oil-gas projects in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; (13) Allowed expanded Oil and Gas Development in Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve (14) Allowed road through the Izembeck National Wildlife Refuge; (15) Rolled back Roadless Rule; (16) Reversed rule against single use plastics in National Parks; (17) Restarted Keystone Pipeline project that had been canceled. See Environmental and Energy Law Program, Harvard Law School https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type/regulatory-tracker/ #73: See article on how Burgum The Phony changes from “all-of-above” to FOSSIL FUELS ONLY. Skips evmntal impact stmnts for 1000s of oil-gas leases but shuts wind farm due to “insufficient analysis.” This phony is owned lock, stock, & barrel by Hammer & oil-gas industry. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/28/burgum-leans-away-from-all-of-the-above-energy-under-trump-00308356 #72: Sec. of Interior Burgum wants to pay “insurance” to fossil fuel energy companies if their projects are canceled by future Admins.! This at the same time as he has canceled RENEWABLE energy projects with no such “insurance.”! No insurance for either for U.S. citizens who will suffer from effects of climate change! Burgum is making his billionaire energy industry owner Hamm very happy! What a total phony! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/30/burgum-wants-to-pay-fossil-companies-when-government-halts-projects-00318080 #71: Burgum thinks SMALL when it comes to conservation—monuments should be small, “Indiana Jones” size but thinks BIG when it comes to fossil fuels. Note to Burgum: There is NO ENERGY EMERGENCY. Energy production at historic highs during Biden Ad Biden, Obama, & Clinton thought BIG when it came to conservation. Trump-Burgum are tiny men & ANTI-Conservation—shrinking monuments & public lands. It is the one vehicle that Presidents of both parties have used to save precious public lands for posterity to accommodate the huge increases in population & corresponding need for conservation & recreation. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/24/trump-national-monument-reductions-mining-oil/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=56ec992c6d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_28_03_21&utm_medium=email #70: Not satisfied with planning the destruction of habitat in the Continental U.S. by selling off public lands & cutting Federal monuments created by Presidents who cared about the environment, Trump is now planning on destroying ocean floors…not just within the 200 mile limit of U.S. waters but in International waters and he’s doing it by another obscure law. Experts predict that this will destroy not just the species that live there but the entire ocean food chain but Trump Admin. is willing to break the Law of the Sea. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/climate/trump-seabed-mining.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20250424&instance_id=153256&nl=breaking-news®i_id=10365419&segment_id=196675&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #69: Why Sec. of Interior Burgum’s change of def. of harm away from habitat will kill endangered species: Habitat destruction is the major underlying cause of extinction of species, not direct killing. When habitat is gone, species can’t live to reproduce. The inclusion of habitat destruction has saved many species. An example from Florida: “when the Miami-Dade County Commission voted against a lease agreement with a developer looking to build a waterpark on rare pine upland habitat. The land was valuable to two endangered species, Florida bonneted bats and the Miami tiger beetle.” Multiply this example by thousands and you see why species are saved from extinction by the ESA but extinction will happen if Burgum gets his way. This Trump-toady has absolutely NO INTEREST in conservation—conservation is not an ASSET from the perspective of this ASS! See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/04/24/florida-endangered-species-at-risk-from-trump-rule-change-say-environmentalists/?lctg=646275A225D5845334F555D2F5&utm_email=646275A225D5845334F555D2F5&active=yesP&utm_source=listrak&utm_medium=email&utm_term=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sun-sentinel.com%2f2025%2f04%2f24%2fflorida-endangered-species-at-risk-from-trump-rule-change-say-environmentalists%2f&utm_campaign=trib-sun_sentinel-breaking_news-nl&utm_content=alert #68: Burgum will fast-track energy projects allowing complex projects requiring full environmental impact statement to be approved < 1 month that used to take 2 years. Other projects will be approved in 14 days. Burgum is moving FAST on energy & also ensuring that no endangered species will stand in the way of a mine or oil rig. Impeach Burgum! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/23/interior-moves-to-fast-track-energy-projects-00307098 #67: Interior Sec. Burgum has turned over control of budget & workforce to a former DOGE employee, Tyler Hassen. Some Cabinet Secretaries have resisted DOGE takeover, preferring to take charge of these vital functions themselves but Burgum says “We're completely embracing the DOGE effort.” Experts have pointed out that such a admin. overhaul means that Hassen should be confirmed by the Senate. Burgum is totally fixated on his Energy Czar role & could care less about anything that is not energy-related. Burgum should be impeached & if Democrats regain control of Congress, this should be a high priority for them. See HTTPS://SUBSCRIBER.POLITICOPRO.COM/ARTICLE/EENEWS/2025/04/23/HAS-BURGUM-ABDICATED-HIS-AUTHORITY-TO-DOGE-00305837 #66:Thanks to Elon Musk’s DOGE, the Nation’s 578 National Wildlife Refuges are at risk as 8% are in effect shuttered due to lack of staff & another 35% lack staff to achieve their goals. They were created by Teddy Roosevelt in 1903. It’s taken <4 months for Bergum/Trump to destroy them. Burgum has cut communications staff in Interior so much they can’t or won’t respond to questions about the sad status of the Dept. We can’t wait any longer. The verdict is in: Burgum is a clean & present danger to these Refuges & the mission of Interior overall. He has to GO. See https://wyofile.com/report-wildlife-refuge-system-at-risk-with-no-units-fully-resourced-amid-doge-uncertainty/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=49aba4df73-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_18_10_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-49aba4df73-417379196 #65. Burgum rues ‘war on mining’ ahead of tariff talks with China. Is Burgum really this ignorant? The 1872 Federal law that has governed mining of Federal lands essentially provides the land to companies without paying royalties or fees to the government! Burgum also says that “Trump literally wrote the book on negotiating! No, Donald is incapable of writing (or reading) a book—Tony Schwartz ghostwrote the book. Such ignorance and toadying up to Trump should be disqualifying to be a Sec. OR Energy Czar. See https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all #64: Burgum transfers fed. lands to Army claiming to protect end. species but then says they will now be able to “construct and maintain border security infrastructure without delays or conflicts that can come with competing land uses.” The walls that Burgum-Trump want to build HARM the movement that is necessary for these species to survive. Just one more example of how Burgum is the most anti-conservation Interior Sec. ever. See https://www.blm.gov/press-release/secretary-interior-transfers-federal-lands-along-new-mexico-border-army-protect #63: Trump-Burgum continue their anti-conservation rampage. In 3 months, they have decimated protections for the environment on land and now on sea. Trump-Burgum remove protections from 2 Marine National Monuments: Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument & Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument. These are both Marine Protected Areas & a major problem for the fishing industry is overfishing which is depleting the worldwide stock of fish. Marine Protected Areas are the MAJOR way of combatting overfishing. The NE Canyons Monument “encompasses the majority of strongly protected marine protected areas in continental U.S. waters. Removing its fishing restrictions would eliminate 84% of ocean protections within the continental United States, according to the Center for American Progress.” Trump claims to be helping the U.S. Fishing Industry but “the administration’s ongoing trade war with China hurt the Maine lobster fishery, resulting in tariffs on American-caught lobster and an increase in Chinese consumption of Canadian lobster.” The Pacific Heritage Marine Monument “is one of the most pristine tropical marine environments in the world that already faces dire threats from climate change and ocean acidification,” “Some experts call one of the most anti-conservation efforts in human history.” “Scientific studies have shown that protecting the resources within protected areas like the monument increases the amount of fish available to commercial fishers in waters outside the protected areas,” explained marine biologist Bob Richmond. “This is the wrong move at the wrong time. By raiding what amounts to our children’s marine bank accounts, we are denying them a future of sustainable food from the ocean.” The above quotations are taken from https://therevelator.org/northeast-canyons-monument/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=no136 & https://earthjustice.org/press/2025/earthjustice-statement-on-trump-administration-executive-order-to-open-pacific-marine-monument-to-commercial-fishing #62: Sec. Burgum "energy czar" is halting a Wind Farm that will produce clean energy! Burgum prefers DIRTY energy like oil-coal! China & other countries will dominate the clean energy industry of the future which is producing more jobs than dirty energy. He is mortgaging the future of U.S. energy production & guaranteeing climate change disaster for the World. We need to be rid of Burgum ASAP—he is an immediate threat to the security of our country & the World. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/16/burgum-halts-work-on-ny-offshore-wind-project-00294468 #61: Burgum’s all-out assault on conservation continues! He is canceling the rule that places conservation & restoration on par with oil and gas drilling, & mining. Republicans stupidly claimed that the rule violated the “multiple use” mandate but this rule extends uses to conservation & restoration so it INCREASES # of USES! There is overwhelming evidence from polls in WESTERN STATES that huge percentages (72%-92%) of voters support the rule. Burgum will find out in the midterm election that U.S. citizens see him as a destroyer of their beloved land & reject this phony Teddy Roosevelt Republican. See https://www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-to-scrap-biden-public-lands-rule?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=4006545&post_id=161466982&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=4mtlo&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email #60: Read great essay by Kerry Drake on why it makes NO SENSE to sell off public lands to solve housing crisis. “For public land far from developed areas, there’s no existing infrastructure that’s necessary for housing development, like roads, water, sewage systems and power. It’s ludicrous to believe developers with historically tight profit margins, and who aren’t building affordable houses now because of the high cost of infrastructure, would take on such projects in extremely remote locations.” Burgum is working on a plan to do this jointly with Sec. of HUD. Unfortunately, Drake points out that “Trump administration has stalled at least $60 million of HUD funding earmarked for affordable housing development…& has plans to slash 80% of the staff of HUD’s Office of Community Planning and Development.” In fact the whole effort is a smokescreen to pretend they care about housing for low income people (they’re into super luxury housing for billionaires). They want to establish principle that public lands should be sold to the private sector for things they really like whether oil fields, mines, or luxury developments. See Drake's full essay at https://wyofile.com/no-selling-public-lands-wont-solve-americas-affordable-housing-crisis/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=93e39ae127-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_14_09_47&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-93e39ae127-417379196 #59: Burgum again proves he is a coward. He’s firing the man who resisted turning over the key to the Federal payroll system to DOGE unless Burgum okayed it—an ethical position. Burgum never approved the access—afraid to antagonize co-President Musk. Too bad more Federal officials didn’t have the courage of Tony Irish. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/15/interior-official-who-resisted-doge-fights-potential-firing-00291014 #58: Trump-Burgum are cutting protections for birds by eliminating from “unintentional” killing by industry. So if industries fail to prevent birds from being harmed by investing in preventive measures, they will no longer be prosecuted. Who will be the lawyer for Burgum: energy industry lawyer William Doffermyre! Hello oil pits & turbine wind mills & dead birds. Burgum-Trump have their priorities straight & NONE of them include conservation—conservation, indeed, is seen as the enemy by this Administration. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/14/interior-grounds-some-migratory-bird-protections-00288599 #57: Every day under Burgum/Trump brings bad news for conservation. They are moving forward to sell “underutilized” public lands to pay for Trump’s forthcoming tax cut. They think that private development proposals would supersede “any other potential use” of the lands—including for recreation, water supply, or wildlife conservation.23 So land occupied mainly by wildlife (though with many tourists coming to watch them) would be viewed as worthless. Trump-Burgum think tht “much of” the more than 500 million acres of public lands managed by the Interior Department is “suitable for residential use.” Hello Trump-Burgum, goodbye wildlife. If TeddyR were alive, he would be gunning for Burgum & Trump! See https://www.americanprogress.org/article/will-the-u-s-housing-crisis-be-exploited-for-a-massive-public-lands-sell-off/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=593ae09d7f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_13_05_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-593ae09d7f-84301189 56. Burgum cites lab supposed recreation of “dire wolf” as excuse to cut back protections for end. species. Has this Dallas company released these wolves in Texas? What idiocy. The biggest threat to species is loss of habitat & that is exactly what EnergyCzar Burgum is doing—selling public lands to industry. They cut protections for Rice What—only 100 left! They want to redefine “harm” so industry can develop whatever & whenever they want. They want to delist any species that gets in the way of industry such as dunes sagebrush lizard, northern long-eared bat, gray wolves and grizzly bears. If they succeed (& with a weenie Republican-led Congress, the odds are they will), these species will be lost forever. Phony-TeddyR-loving Burgum will bear responsibility & should hang his head in disgrace. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/10/trump-endangered-species-protections-dire-wolves/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F420a89c%2F67f8e82837beb82d8aeae1d7%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F35%2F60%2F67f8e82837beb82d8aeae1d7 55. Trump is eliminating NOAA’s research that records & reports on climate change. Doesn't want any negative stories about effects of ENERGY DOMINANCE. But even bigger laugh is that NOAA’S duties for protecting Marine Mammals are being HANDED over to FWS of Interior! Didn’t Burgum tell Trump that he’s cutting Interior FWS staff?! Oh well, Burgum is happy to pretend & let marine as well as land animals go extinct. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/11/white-house-outlines-plan-to-gut-noaa-smother-climate-research-00286408 54. Burgum & Musk’s DOGE ‘functionally destroying’ historic Yellowstone grizzly science team that handles grizzly recovery as well as dealing with brucellosis & chronic wasting disease. They live & work in Montana & other western states. Remember: Burgum only cares about ENERGY DOMINANCE—conservation is not part of his job description for himself. See https://wyofile.com/trump-and-musks-doge-functionally-destroying-historic-yellowstone-grizzly-science-team/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=877ceeb5a2-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_04_10_10_42&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-877ceeb5a2-417379196 53. REI revoked their support for Burgum to be Sec. of Interior now that they can see (like everyone else) that he all he cares about is being ENERGY CZAR & removing ANY environmental or other obstacles to maximizing drilling and mining. Every one else with any concern about the environment who supported Burgum should withdraw their support for this suck-up to Trump. See https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/rei-apology-doug-burgum-interior-secretary-rcna200700 #52: Dept. of Interior will no longer do environmental review for Western oil & gas leases. No surprise. When, if ever, will Burgum, oil-gas flunky, do something positive about conservation instead of trying to destroy it. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/10/interior-scraps-enviro-review-for-western-oil-and-gas-leases-00283606 #51: When I first heard that Kathleen Sgamma had withdrawn her nomination for heading BLM, I was a bit cheered since she is the complete tool of the fossil fuel industry who speaks against conservation & for mining-drilling at every opportunity. But then I found out the reason why she withdrew is because she wrote a letter expressing her disgust for Trump’s Jan. 6 mob! Who knew that Sgamma would have integrity that is lacking from virtually ALL REPUBLICANS and the Cabinet such as Sec. of Interior, Burgum, who fawns to Trump every chance he gets! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/10/bureau-land-management-kathleen-sgamma-nomination/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert #50. The National Park Service Restored the Web Page Featuring Harriet Tubman. We shouldn’t be surprised that they were deleted in the first place. Vance, Trump, & Burgum view historical figures like Tubman as “woke”dirtying up U.S. racial relations history that should be viewed as nothing but amicable. Like Putin, Trump & Burgum can’t get too much of those old slave-holding Confederates from the “good old days.” Trump & Burgum plan to restore some of those old Confederates in Federal parks to what Trump views as their rightful "honors." See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/national-park-service-harriet-tubman-underground-railroad-dei.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20250409&instance_id=152187&nl=today%27s-headlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=195628&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #49: Burgum-Trump Admin. wants to redefine “harm” under the Endangered Species Act so as NOT to include “significant habitat modification or degradation.” Burgum’s Fish & Wildlife experts should tell him know that the MAJOR threat to species is their LOSS OF HABITAT! This has been established by numerous studies. But it has become obvious that Burgum doesn’t give a damn about the conservation part of his job—he is the Energy Czar & his entire focus is on pleasing Trump & billionaire friends like Hamm by selling public lands. There have been a few peeps by Sen. Daines & Zinke against the sale of public lands but others such as Sen. Lummis can’t wait to see lands sold along with the destruction of grizzlies & wolves. See Trump could shrink ESA’s reach by redefining one word https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/09/trump-team-could-shrink-esas-reach-by-redefining-one-word-00280348; Butchart, Stuart M. et al. (2010). “Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines.” Science, 328, Issue 5892, 1164-1168. Catrin Einhorn. (Oct. 12, 2022). Researchers Report a Staggering Decline in Wildlife. Here’s How to Understand It. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/climate/living-planet-index-wildlife-declines.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20221018&instance_id=74932&nl=science-times®i_id=10365419&segment_id=110311&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #48: Burgum views public lands as an asset to be sold off to the highest bidder. The only employees he prioritizes keeping are mining, grazing & those that “bring in revenue.” Burgum pretends (or is just ignorant?) not to know that mining brings in tiny revenues due to the outdated Fed. mining law & that Federal grazing costs MORE than it brings in (See full details in Wuerthner’s Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West (Island Press, 2002). He is also against the Antiquities Act that his supposed hero Teddy Roosevelt established. This Act has been the primary vehicle used to PROTECT public lands from exploitation by these industries. His opposition to this Act should be enough for him to be officially disassociated with anything to do with the Library that he helped build for Teddy R. Burgum’s association with it now brings dishonor to the great Teddy R. Burgum worries about the cost to our children's children by not handing these lands over to industry & developers?! His children’s children will curse him forever for selling our most valuable heritage. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/09/how-many-interior-jobs-will-be-cut-doug-burgums-not-sure-yet-00280577 #47: Another dishonorable accomplishment by Burgum: He is erasing the stories about slavery and resistance to slavery from National Parks. For example, the new wording about the Underground Railroad created by slaves and white-anti-slavers used to refer to “efforts of enslaved African Americans to gain their freedom by escaping bondage” to “one of the most significant expressions of the American civil rights movement.” This & other changes seek to avoid unpleasant memories of slavery in our past. They omit references to slave-owning by famous Americans. Burgum not satisfied with destroying public lands also wants to abolish any “unpleasant memories” in keeping with boss Trump attacking on DEI. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2025/04/06/national-park-service-underground-railroad-history-slavery/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F41fa8ae%2F67f3a2271c02d2281d85c9cf%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F42%2F67%2F67f3a2271c02d2281d85c9cf #46: Teddy Roosevelt protected birds establishing first fed. bird reservation. Sec. Burgum & Trump are going to use “God Squad” to clear cut forests that support them. Burgum should apologize for linking his name to Teddy R! See https://www.nps.gov/thrb/learn/historyculture/birds-poachers-ladies-tr.htm#:~:text=The%20two%20men%20appealed%20to,the%20first%20federal%20bird%20reservation.& https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/climate/trump-logging-national-forests.html?partner=slack&smid=sl-share&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=69ac315b36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_03_02_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-69ac315b36-84323706 #45. Burgum orders National Parks to be kept open unless a politico closes them-regardless of whether there are staff there to make them safe. Also turning civil serv. positions into “policy jobs” that can be eliminated at the “president’s pleasure.” Welcome to Trump National Parks—run by politicos for politicos. See https://apnews.com/article/trump-national-parks-open-workers-fired-burgum-279dac0653f3e1af839b14668bf3d2d7 #44: Burgum sucks up to Musk! Fires 3 officials who tried to protect integrity of Interior’s Systems from Musk rats. What a coward! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/04/03/three-interior-officials-placed-on-leave-after-doge-dustup-00265896 43. Real Waste that DOGE should look into: 43% of 23 Million acres leased to oil-gas companies are unproductive & should be converted for conserve.& recreation. Lessees pay tiny royalties compared to state/private royalty rates. Remove them & make PRODUCTIVE use of these lands! See https://www.wilderness.org/articles/press-release/new-report-confirms-oil-and-gas-industrys-suffocating-reign-public-lands 42. Burgum toadies to Trump again & again: He will allow fireworks at Mt. Rushmore this summer—they had been curtailed due to wildfire threat & he entertains idea of putting Trump's face on the monument! What more can Burgum do to suck up to Trump? What a despicable Sec of Interior he has already become in the first days of the Administration. See https://www.eenews.net/articles/could-mount-rushmore-include-trump-doug-burgum-thinks-so/ #41: Trump famously attacked Interior over water used to preserve almost extinct delta smelt & he shifted water to farmers. Result: coho & chinook salmon & sturgeon also depended on these waters & are disappearing with fishing curtailed as a result. Will Burgum stand up for End. Species Act & conservation? Of course, not! He’s a Trump shill w/o a semblance of courage to stand up to the orange bully. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/31/trump-wants-people-over-fish-but-what-about-fishermen-00260068 #40: Zeldin is doing everything he can do to eliminate regs. that prevent the use of toxins. He wants to prevent E.P.A. from limiting greenhouse gases such as eliminating Biden regs on tailpipe emissions. Zeldin is also trying to claw back $20 billion approved by Congress for clean energy projects. His priorities are increasing fossil fuel use & fast-tracking fossil fuel energy projects. Notably his priorities do not mention protecting pub. health & environment! He is planning on shuttering EPA's science offices including toxicologists, physicians & nurses and other scientists. This action will make it difficult to track measures of the health of the environment that endanger humans & wildlife. Zeldin during 4 terms in Congress & previously in NY State legis. supported solar energy and offshore wind. He voted to protect the E.P.A.’s budget and against a Republican effort to restrict the agency’s ability to curb carbon dioxide emissions. But now he has turned into one more shill for Trump. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/climate/lee-zeldin-epa.html?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20250330&instance_id=151347&nl=the-morning®i_id=10365419&segment_id=194781&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 & https://www.eenews.net/articles/leaked-epa-layoff-plan-would-slash-science-office/ #39: Trump has frozen Biden program to plug abandoned oil-gas wells which leak huge amounts of methane into the atmosphere and can contaminate local water sources with salty water and benzene. Will Burgum for once stand up to this stupidity? After all, the program is one based on a North Dakota model! The program’s funding has already been funded by Congress tho of course this means NOTHING to Trump nor the scared LITTLE Repub. Senators & Representatives who tremble at the idea of disagreeing with the Dictator. (No, Trump has become a dictator & should not be called President any longer). I like to think there is a shred of guts & decency in Burgum but I doubt it. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/trump-halts-historic-orphaned-well-plugging-program/?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2025-03-28-Newsletter #38: Burgum is using Trump exec. order to declare “minerals” (loosely defined) as having priority & able to avoid laws such as Fed. Land & Policy Mgmnt. Act which mandate multiple uses that are supposed to be “balanced.” Burgum can avoid planning processes that require public input that would slow down industrial production. They will give leases to mining companies that provide no royalties to taxpayers. They are also working to weaken rules against dumping of mining waste on public lands. And they are doing this as quietly as possible since surveys show overwhelming opposition to selling out public lands to mining (or oil-gas) industries. Of course, phony public lands “advocates” like Ryan Zinke keep their puny mouths shut—these big “he-men” are terrified of Trump-Muskrat. See See https://medium.com/westwise/what-trump-and-burgums-sell-out-to-mining-companies-means-for-national-public-lands-68f4f5f734b9 #37: Interior staff are rushing to meet Trump 10-day clock to list “priority projects” for mining projects which can include “ancillary uses” like roads, buildings or storage of waste. Supposed to be headed by Interior employee David Copley who’s a Texas mining company exec. but Interior will not confirm—they don’t believe in providing public information especially when it reveals how dominated they are by industries. No surprise—no conservation projects in their “priorities.” Indeed, neither Burgum nor any other Interior official has talked about conservation—it’s the furthest thing from their little minds. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/21/inside-trumps-ambitious-and-perilous-push-to-unleash-us-minerals-00242454 36. Burgum, the so-called “Teddy Roosevelt Republican” is already saying he will make major cutbacks to national monuments—the protected areas that Teddy R. initiated in 1906. Once more proving what a total phony he is. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/19/burgums-national-monuments-quandary-follow-roosevelt-or-trump-00234013 35. Burgum is both Sec. of Interior & the Energy Czar (as Trump named him) which are incompatible. The Sec. of Interior is supposed to enforce a balance between alternative uses of public lands including not just mining & oil rigs & ranching but also recreation and conservation. Every single word & action by Burgum has been about ALL OUT minging and drilling. It is clear that by the end of his term (actually much sooner) he will have drilled & mined any PRISTINE sites in public lands.Burgum’s purpose is ending any argument in the future that pristine sites should not be drilled or mined. Burgum is (and really always has been) an all-out SHILL for industry with no real commitment to conservation. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/20/top-interior-aides-are-on-a-need-to-know-basis-00240011 #34: The Biden Admin. Interior Dept. famously hired many conservationists as part of their top staff. Look at Burgum’s staff (Note: Burgum hasn’t yet released their names, apparently ashamed of their details) is replete with either GOP politicos and ENERGY industry employees. No conservationists here to mess up Burgum’s ALL OUT Drill Baby Drill policies. He doesn’t even pretend to care about conservation anymore. #33: Interior Sec. Burgum now has a task force to put public housing on park lands! Of course, he’s also working hard to drill baby drill public lands. Maybe someday (maybe his last day in office?), he will find time for conservation, Mr. Teddy Roosevelt Republican"(BullS__T)! See https://westernpriorities.org/2025/03/can-public-lands-solve-the-affordable-housing-crisis-likely-not/ #32: Burgum just loves coal plants—wants to reopen those “clean” coal plants by reducing “regulatory” barriers. In other words, he’s not just satisfied with selling our public lands but wants to pollute our air too! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/13/behind-epa-rule-rollbacks-trump-plans-for-a-coal-comeback-00228608 #31: Burgum-Trump stop protections against taking of birds in order to help people like Burgum-Trump's billionaire pal Hamm whose firm was convicted of failing to PREVENT migratory birds dying in his waste ponds. Burgum spokesperson called this change “ROUTINE”! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/03/10/migratory-bird-protections-suspended/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert 30. Bull S__T! Fed. training programs recruiting women to become wildland firefighters have been scrapped by Trump. See https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?pli=1#trash/FMfcgzQZTgQDqNmFCrcDqKWMTpGjdFsw #29: Burgum Interior suspended protections against unintentional killing of birds under Migratory Bird Treaty & stopped requirement for compensatory mitigation when contractors damage Federal land. During previous Administrations, suspensions of rules such as these were done on a case by case basis but Burgum’s cancelled all in one fell swoop. Within a month, Burgum is sprinting to surpass James Watt, Ryan Zinke & David Bernhardt as the worst Secretary of Interior ever. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/10/interior-suspends-biden-era-legal-opinions-00220236 #28: Burgum eliminates panels on science quality & integrity. Makes sense (to Trump): why listen to 95% scientists who have proven climate change is real when you can call it a hoax & fire those who disagree. Gutless complicit Admin. figures like Burgum who go along with Trump have responsibility for what happens to us, our children, & grandchildren & they should be held to account. Burgum doesn’t even try to talk to Twitter-X as previous Secs. of Interior have to defend his actions. He’s a gutless coward. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/07/scholars-worry-as-interior-snuffs-out-science-integrity-panel-00217219 #27: Trump-Burgum plan to use God Squad to extinguish species so that more logging & mining-drilling can be done but experts say that only can be done for specific project & not prospectively as Burgum-Trump want. Under Trump, the “God Squad” becomes the “Godless Squad”—destroying creatures created by God (We know that Trump is religious & believes in the Bible!). See https://media.pagesuite.com/clipping/html5/8738afc3-16bb-45fc-9032- #26 NYT: “The Trump administration is seeking to cancel the leases for 34 National Park Service buildings, including visitor centers, law enforcement offices and museums that house millions of artifacts.”“These closures will cripple the Park Service’s ability to operate parks safely and will mean millions of irreplaceable artifacts will be left vulnerable or worse, lost,” Theresa Pierno, president and CEO of the National Parks Conservation Association, said in a statement. “Quite simply and astonishingly, this is dismantling the National Park Service as we know it, ranger by ranger and brick by brick.”See https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2025/03/06/national-park-service-leases-termination/?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=31f12b5145-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_07_12_34&utm_medium=email #25: Burgum & Trump have told Nat. Parks Service not to mention that record # of visitors (331M) for 2024 knowing that it reveals stupidity of firing 1000 employees. They are also getting rid of biologists who track & support endangered species so their disappearance is not reported. It’s all part of Trump-Musk move to FACTLESS MAGA phony reality. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/climate/national-parks-record-visitors-trump.html?utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=31f12b5145-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_03_07_12_34&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-31f12b5145-84301189 #24: Trump Admin. will not identify DOGE officials making cuts complaining about “media’s obsession.” Trump loves to ID judges & other public officials he doesn’t like opening them up to attacks by his MAGA followers like the Proud Boys. DOGE employees are performing PUBLIC functions & subject to FREEDOM of information.” https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/05/heres-the-people-connected-to-doge-at-interior-00213330 #23: Burgum just terminated the Advisory Committee for implementing the rule to make conservation on a par with energy, livestock, & recreation for public lands & to leverage private dollars to do restoration projects to offset damage done to rangelands The Advisory Committees were voluntary and received NO PAY. One member said, “ “It’s puzzling to me…”If you are saying you are trying to save government money, why eliminate volunteers?” Got to credit Burgum, he knows his priority: Drill, Baby, Drill. To hell with conservation. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/03/03/burgum-terminates-biden-era-lands-rule-advisory-panel-and-five-others-00208105 #22: Sgamma, the voice of oil-gas, picked to head BLM “has consistently lied & made false claims about conservation. In 2015, she claimed oil and gas activity has an “infinitesimal impact on climate change,” and that oil and gas provide “more climate benefits than wind and solar combined.” Sgamma claimed “we could take all American greenhouse gas emissions to zero and it would make no difference. Sgamma claimed that the BLM was the main impediment to drilling on public lands, despite the fact that oil and gas companies held over 6,000 approved but unused drilling permits at the time. In 2016, Sgamma told Congress that “we do not need federal rules to tell us to capture methane, because it is the very product we’re working so hard to capture and sell.” “An analysis of methane waste by the Environmental Defense Fund found that oil and gas companies operating on public and Tribal lands wasted over $500 million worth of methane in 2019. “Based on a selective reading of FLPMA, she claimed the proposed rule “violates basic public lands laws” and that FLPMA “does not list conservation as a use.” “Ironically, Sgamma herself listed conservation as a valid use of public lands under FLPMA in testimony before Congress in 2021” In short, Sgamma is an unapologetic Industry Tool & will sacrifice our public lands to Industry interests in EVERY SINGLE CASE. See Kate Groetzinger, https://medium.com/westwise/trumps-pick-to-run-the-blm-can-t-be-trusted-here-s-why-2513be8bb4c6 #21: Trump named Lumber Industry Lobbyist, Tom Schultz, to head Forest Service just like naming Sgamma, fossil fuel lobbyist head of BLM. One big advantage of naming these lobbyists is that there will be no more forests left to burn in wildfires & much fewer monuments & parks to staff saving $ for Trump’s tax cut for Elon Musk. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/28/forest-service-chief-pick-a-win-for-timber-industry-00206722 #20: Interior has lost 1000s of employees who were fired. “I think that we're off to a great start in Interior, we're completely embracing the DOGE effort," Burgum told Fox News. The only positions left are those for people to hand over the land to fossil fuel companies & ranchers. He’s already on his way to surpassing Zinke & Bernhardt as worst Sec. of Interior ever. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/28/as-interior-staff-shrinks-audit-urges-more-help-with-bia-jails-00206661 #19: I heard that Doug Burgum was a Teddy Roosevelt Republican. Well, once he was a “moderate” Republican but as soon as he wanted to be Trump’s VP, he totally turned into just another MAGA Republican willing to sacrifice any environmental or conservation laws or regs. to produce energy. His major connection to Teddy R is that he helped build a library dedicated to TR but he “he deflects questions about that and about what he and Roosevelt have in common.” Burgum now sees Federal lands as a treasure trove to sell off to the highest bidder—the sale will allow Trump to cut taxes on billionaires like Burgum’s pal, Oilman Harold Hamm. Burgum cut ND’s tax on oil benefitting Hamm. He has given Interior officials 15 days to plan to “suspend, revise, or rescind protections for public lands.” In other words, Burgum’s Teddy R credentials that won him votes from Dems. are totally a sham & he has no principles. See http://www.outdoorlife.com/conservation/federal-land-sale-movement?utm source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm campaign=af49917402-EMAIL CAMPAIGN 2025 02 26 10 38utm medium=email&utm term=0 -af49917402-84301189 https://issuu.com/outlawpartners/docs/mtoutlaw_winter2023/s/17777412Doug Burgum’s Rebranding: ‘He’s Playing the Game Now’ https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/07/05/doug-burgum-north-dakota-vice-president-candidate-00166496 #18: Burgum hardly into job & does worse & worse. Cuts Interior spending & travel so that ranchers & fossil fuel industries will no longer have anyone overseeing if they are violating rules. And Jeffrey Clark who headed Justice Department’s Envt. Nat. Res. Div. & who is facing the potential loss of his law license over allegations that he attempted to falsely cast doubt on the 2020 election results—will head Regulatory Review for Admin.—no worries about industry violating any regulations anymore. Yes, Trump Admin. “merit(less)ocracy adds more unscrupulous & incompetents to their numbers. Of course, no blacks or Hispanics or Native Americans nominated. They might not bow down to Trump like Musk & the other toadies he’s hired. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/26/trump-to-name-embattled-ex-enviro-lawyer-for-top-regs-job-00206312 & the Hill “Interior halts employee spending and travel” 2/26/25. #17: Trump’s new head of Bureau of Land Management is so much in the pocket of fossil fuel industry that she will have to recuse herself on many decisions because she has been advocating for the industry. Sgamma is opposed to the new rule that would put conservation “on a par” with oil-gas-mining saying it “upends the balance on federal lands.” For industry tools like Sgamma, “balance” = fossil fuel dominance. Sadly, Sgamma-Burgum will go down in history as taking us backward decades in trying to achieve conservation & biodiversity. Burgum will go down in history as the antithesis of Teddy Roosevelt! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/24/what-trumps-blm-pick-has-said-about-major-public-land-policies-00205731 #16: Trump-Burgum’s Interior Department rescinded protections for the Rice Whale—there only estimated 100 left. If the whale goes extinct, its obituary should “credit” Burgum & Trump for killing it off. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/21/interior-rolls-back-endangered-whale-protections-00205422 #15: Burgum is a “genius” like other Trump appointees—he fires 1000s of employees & then tries to rehire them. He wants to “reduce the deficit” so that Trump can make tax cuts for the super wealthy. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/20/burgum-promises-to-hire-5-000-temporary-park-workers-00205190 #14: Trump’s Nominee to head Fish and Wildlife Service: Brian Nesvik doesn't want any bans on lead ammo & tackle on Fed. lands. He participated in WY Work Group who reviewed the incident where a slob hunter ran down & then tortured wolf—Nesvik’s group’s response? They only increased the fine for ANIMAL CRUELT from $750 to $1000! He wants wolves & grizzlies delisted. His idea of the maximum number of wolves should be the MINUMUM number of wolves that Feds say is necessary. Now Nesvik will decide what this minimum is and he is likely to cut it. Nesvik admits that “people were really upset” about the wolf-torture incident & he “DIDN’T SEE IT COMING.” That’s right: Nesvik DOESN’T GET IT! The sad fact is that the majority of Western state residents support far more wolves than the minimum but in wildlife arena, policy is dictated by ranchers & hunters who don’t want anybody messing with their cattle or prey & a significant subset of them just love killing & torturing them. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/19/trumps-fish-and-wildlife-nominee-knows-grizzlies-wolves-and-war-00203875 #13. Due to Burgum’s supposed revering of Teddy R., I thought that he might have the integrity to resist the worst of Trump’s “Drill Baby Drill” motivations but with the firing of 1000s of permanent and temporary Interior employees, he has become one more Republican Coward unable to stand up to Muskrat & the Orange Buffoon. The major improvements in protecting our natural resources have emerged out of national monuments created through the Antiquities Act. It looks like Burgum will be supine while Trump cuts these monuments. Is there a Republican with spine to stand up to these atrocities on our natural resources? No! The next 4 years promise to be horrifying for those who value conservation and our natural resources. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/us/politics/national-park-service-firings.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xU4.zRdt.fZUo_6Tnvk1F&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=179469dd77-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_18_02_11&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-179469dd77-84301189 #12: Interior under Trump2 will be even worse than the disastrous Interior performance under Trump1. Sgamma to head BLM?!! She wrote Project 2025 section for Interior which said she will be “all about oil-gas on Fed lands, drill Arctic lands, reduce protections for end. species, limit evmntal reviews, & repeal Antiquities Act. If Burgum allows this, he will be forever responsible for destroying the heritage of Teddy R who he supposedly reveres. It would prove that he is a despicable liar. See https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/4769252-project-2025-climate-change-energy-environment/?email=467cb6399cb7df64551775e431052b43a775c749&emaila=12a6d4d069cd56cfddaa391c24eb7042&emailb=054528e7403871c79f668e49dd3c44b1ec00c7f611bf9388f76bb2324d6ca5f3&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=02.12.2025--Overnight%20Energy%20%26%20Environment%20BH #11: Western States like Wyoming want to take over Federal Parklands. What would they do if this happens? WY lawmakers just rejected a ban on killing of wildlife with snowmobiles! This is what they would be doing! See https://wyofile.com/struck-down-again-lawmakers-reject-ban-on-wyomings-tradition-of-killing-wildlife-with-snowmobiles/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=1db0f806ee-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_02_07_10_49&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-1db0f806ee-417379196 #10: Burgum & Trump Admin just announced a hiring freeze on seasonal positions at the National Park Service. Got to save these $ to enable tax cut for wealthy like Musk & other rats. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/03/trump-hiring-freeze-national-park-service-00202098 #9: Burgum was supposed to be the “moderate” Trump appointment but his first actions are all aimed at subverting conservation such as weakening Migratory Bird Treaty, shrink national monuments, use cost-benefit analysis to decide which species go extinct, move away from renewable energy sources, drill the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve, cancel move to put conservation on a par with drilling & cattle grazing. This is the guy who was supposed to be "Teddy Roosevelt Republican"! Teddy is rolling over in his grave now! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/02/04/burgums-first-order-of-business-drilling-public-lands-and-the-esa-00202350 #8. Trump loves White Men living or dead. That’s why he wants to rename Denali Mt. McKinley, despite the fact that both Alaskan Senators (incl. Republican Dan Sullivan) denounce the move. Why do this? Denali is a name that Alaskan natives gave it meaning the “great one” & it was bestowed as a sign of respect. He wants us to remind us that he does not respect minorities and this is his way of giving us one more proof of that fact. See https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/climate/denali-mckinley-alaska-trump.html #7: Trump resurrects the “God Squad!”—its main purpose is to allow the extinction of species that get in his way so a more appropriate name is the “God Forsaken” Squad. The ESA was passed by Nixon Admin. (1973)—even Tricky Dick had more environmental awareness and appreciation than this boob. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2025/01/23/trump-resurrects-god-squad-to-bend-the-esa-00199879 #6: Trump has picked Ed Russo to head his “Environmental Task Force”—Russo’s “qualifications”? he’s worked as a toady for Trump for 17 yrs. & calls him an “environmental hero.” Russo should study Trump’s Interior Dept. which decided for Industry & AGAINST conservation in every decision they made. See https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #5: Trump wants to rename Denali—Mt. McKinley and also restore the names of slave-owning Confederates for national sites such as Fort Liberty being renamed Fort Bragg. So-called WOKE people respect Native Americans & Black Americans while MAGA loves slave-holders & are happy to do anything to demean Native Americans and Blacks. He's clearly following DeSantis lead & soon likely will talk about how great slavery was for slaves. He's not in office yet but already polluting public discourse. #4: I knew that Trump2 would be horrible for conservation & now Trump promises that it will be hideous. He “vows” to “gut” NEPA for any individual or company that spends billion(s) in the U.S.—no worries about being blocked by environmental regulations. Do whatever you want! Goodbye forests & wildlife, & Hello mines & oil rigs. See https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/10/trump-vows-fully-expedited-permits-for-1-billion-investments-in-us.html 3. Pres. Biden, please create new national monuments before he leaves office. It’s the last chance to do something for conservation before Trump’s assault on it begins! 2. Gov of Montana appoints Dept Agriculture to head Fish-Wildlife-Parks! What’s wrong? She cares nothing about wildlife & conservation! She is a rancher & her statement says she’s passionate about “hunting, fishing and outdoor recreational opportunities”—nothing about wildlife or conservation. She’ll be well in tune with Trump-Burgum as they assault end. species & conservation for the sake of those they truly love--$, fossil fuels, ranching, & slob hunters. See https://montanafreepress.org/2024/12/06/gianforte-taps-department-of-agriculture-director-to-lead-fwp/?utm_medium=email 1. Lessons from 2024 Presidential Contest: Qualifications (or rather lack of) needed to be voted by a PLURALITY of the U.S. voters to be President: (1)You can be a convicted felon & elected by a plurality. (John Dillinger missed his big chance!) (2)You can be recorded on videotape broadcast to the entire U.S. bragging about assaulting women & be elected by a plurality! (3)You can have a jury decide that you raped a woman and consequently owe her millions of dollars & be elected by a plurality. (4)You can lie about previous election results (Your own previous obsequious Attorney General verified that your lie was “bullshit”) & be elected by a plurality. (5)You can refuse to reveal your tax returns (as other Presidents have normally done in recent years) and be elected by a plurality. (6)You can refuse to release your doctor’s report (as other recent Presidential candidates have done in recent years) showing whether you (a 78-year-old obese man) are fit to be President & be elected by a plurality. Feel free to add sad lessons learned from this election about the poor judgment of a plurality of the U.S. voting public! Bottomline: After this election, there are no ethical violations you can commit that will disqualify you from being elected President. And we used to laugh at the ridiculous “tinhorn” military and other despots who were elected or took over by force Latin American and other developing countries! The U.S. has now outdone all of these so-called “rinky-dink” nations in our bad judgment! Previous Posts on Biden (and First Trump Administration are below!) #390: I am extremely worried that Trump will be elected. I detailed in my book (Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department) how in every single case where the Trump Administration faced a choice between conservation and industry interests, they chose industry. They weakened the Endangered Species Act by their failure to enforce and adhere to its provisions. A second Trump term would certainly result in further attacks on wildlife (forget about protecting wolves and grizzlies) and selling out public lands to whatever industry wants to abuse them—whether ranching, oil-gas & other energy industries, developers, “recreational” industries like off-road vehicles and snowmobiles—they will be happy to prioritize any industry desire over protecting habitat for wildlife. He will appoint industry lackeys like Bernhardt to run roughshod over any laws, treaties, or rules that interfere with their industry friends. I kept a daily watch on Trump’s Administration activities and almost every single day of his Administration, some destructive or questionable act was done with regard to harming conservation. #389: It appears that some men are supporting Donald Trump because they think of him as a “tough” macho guy because he “talks tough” such as vowing to deport millions of immigrants. Tough? The man who was solidly beaten by Kamala Harris in their debate and too cowardly to debate her again? The man who dodged the Vietnam War and was brought up with a silver spoon in his mouth? The man who mismanaged his company and failed in business with his Daddy bailing him out each time? The man who was “brave enough” to assault women and then bragged about these assaults? The man who disparages immigrants who come to work their butts off in the U.S. doing jobs that neither Donald nor many of us “Anglos” are willing to do? Most of these immigrants work harder in one week than Donald Trump has worked in his entire life. This is the man who some men think is macho and tough? He is tough as a cream puff and anyone who votes for him because they think he’s macho is a fool. #388: Has Montana justified its asking to delist the species &take over managing grizzlies? No, not according to Chris Servheen, wildlife biologist who managed their recovery. As he notes, you can’t trust a governor like Gov. Gianforte—the guy who cowardly caught & then shot a caged wolf—to “take the high road.” Gianforte is a low-road guy. The State agency’s plan would increase “discretionary mortality” & decrease connectivity which is sorely needed. He notes that Montana’s new state laws & resulting in lots more wolf traps, snares, & hounds would all result in higher grizzly mortality. The state leaders' extreme hatred of grizzlies & wolves has led to irrational action in states where revenues from wildlife watching—especially for grizzlies and wolves—is growing and far exceeds the income from the ranching. See https://montanafreepress.org/2024/10/16/montana-unveils-its-plan-for-managing-grizzly-bears/?utm_medium=email #387: Can anyone explain to me why the Biden Administration is DEFENDING the Trump Administration’s handover of oversight of Florida’s wetlands to the DeSantis Administration and Republicans who have worked to undermine wetland protections for the sake of any and all developers? This Republican efforts are not new! Pittman & Waite in their book, Paving Paradise: Florida’s Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss, document how Florida State (and most local) government failed to protect wetlands in their 2009 book! And the situation has deteriorated since then! See the disgraceful details at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2024/09/18/biden-administration-defends-florida-wetlands-permitting-decision-00179812 #386: At last, after 3 years, Biden Admin. finally starts to take action to end disgraceful Trump allowing bear baiting in national PRESERVES. They cited empirical evidence that it leads to threats to humans but real issue is total lack of sportsmanship esp. when doing this on lands aimed at PRESERVING other species. Safari Club complains it will “lower their harvest rate.” Yes, it will require that they use their skills & fitness to find bears & not use bait. Many of these hunters are too lazy or out-of-shape to hunt bears in the traditional manner. Biden also aims at voiding Trump approval of targeting animals feeding their young. These “slob hunters” are a disgrace to hunters who believe in fair chase & ethical hunting. They have no shame. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/12/15/alaskas-national-preserves-could-soon-see-ban-on-bear-baiting-00131982 #385: In Montana (& rest of the nation), humans, the MOST invasive species ever, move into wildlife areas, displacing them by building over land needed by other species to survive, building roads that break up any remaining habitat, & this habitat destruction is combined with luring them thru garbage, livestock, and orchards create a “sink,” pulling bears into heavily populated areas in search of food which leads to “human-caused wildlife conflict” which inevitably ends with killing of the “offending” wildlife. See https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/montana-growing-population-spotlights-need-wildlife-corridors?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter #384: Kudos to Biden Admin. During Trump years, I frequently used this blog to decry disastrous after disastrous move by his Admin. to attack conservation so it’s been great to not have waste energy in the last 2 years doing that. Now it’s time to give a pat on the back to Biden’s Interior for raising not only royalty rates but also the bonds required for exploiting public lands. Also, BLM reversed position on a lithium mine that would have harmed end. species. These are the kinds of actions that we hoped for when we voted for Biden. They say “elections have consequences” which is often used in a negative context but in this situation, the consequences have been good! Thanks Haaland! Thanks Joe! For details, see https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/blm-says-it-erred-in-approving-lithium-drilling-near-ash-meadows-2875070/?utm_campaign=widget&utm_medium=topnews&utm_source=news&utm_term=BLM%20says%20it%20erred%20in%20approving%20lithium%20drilling%20near%20Ash%20Meadows&utm_source=1500+CWP+List+Daily+Clips+and+Updates&utm_campaign=db8ebdb5cc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_07_20_04_46&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-db8ebdb5cc-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D & https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/20/climate/biden-drilling-federal-lands.html#:~:text=Some%20of%20the%20changes%20were,acre%20from%20%242%20per%20acre%2C #383: I just published a new article in Medium titled “Politics and Charismatic Wildlife: Convincing People to Save Other Species—Can Charismatics Do the Job? https://medium.com/@brucerocheleau/politics-and-charismatic-wildlife-convincing-people-to-save-other-species-can-charismatics-do-59fd7eb157e7 #382: Bernhardt's official Dept. of Interior portrait: He’s trying to claim credit for full funding of LCW “Great American Outdoor Act” when actually Trump tried to 0 Fund it but made 180 degree turn after realized it would hurt Repub. Senate campaigns! Phony as always! See pp. 34-36 in book "Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior" https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2023/01/27/bernhardts-official-portrait-unveiled-at-interior-hq-00079875 #381: Excellent NYT Mag. article on endangered sturgeon & how “best available science” is not used in Biops even if findings prove jeopardy to species if it would threaten industry. If FWS employees issue jeopardy finding, likely to ruin their careers. See https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/magazine/they-outlasted-the-dinosaurs-can-they-survive-us.html?campaign_id=52&emc=edit_ma_20230203&instance_id=84338&nl=the-new-york-times-magazine®i_id=112110295&segment_id=124275&te=1&user_id=25e865a510d8ce824e3512ff1e5ff808 #380: Good, detailed case study on Wyofile on how Wyoming counties & stockgrowers shot every wolf, coyote, & bobcat in sight in violation of Fed. rules on Fed. land but BLM-Feds refuse to prosecute. One more proof that states like WY cannot be relied upon to preserve end. species & that Fed. agencies like BLM & “Wildlife Services” (i.e., killers) are doormats for these ranchers & their (they own them) “state agencies.” See https://wyofile.com/feds-probed-airborne-wolf-coyote-gunners-in-wyoming-didnt-prosecute/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=99b9bee281-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-99b9bee281-417379196&mc_cid=99b9bee281&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #379: Funny Irony: DOI Insp. General Greenblatt to head org represent all IGs! He overlooked time after time unethical behavior during Trump Admin. but suddenly got backbone when Biden took over to critique Zinke! Read my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior” https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ One example is Greenblatt “investigating” why documents embarrassing to Trump Sec Intreior Bernhardt were WITHHELD until AFTER his confirmation: Read the text of Greenblatt’s OIG “investigation” at https://www.eenews.net/assets/2020/08/11/document_gw_01.pdf It’s a hilarious account of liars trying to explain their unethical actions. But Greenblatt accepts all the lies! #378: Imagine: Giving Priority to Wildlife in National Wildlife REFUGES! LONG OVERDUE! Settlement reached to “phasing out use of lead ammo & tackle” in them! Jackasses like Sen. Daines say “hunters are conservationists”—Well, not the ones who demand to use them in Wildlife Refuges where, if anywhere, wildlife should have priority! Indeed, why should there be hunting at all in Wildlife REFUGES? What kind of REFUGE is it for wildlife if you can be shot dead?! It turns the term “Refuge” into an oxymoron. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/11/30/settlement-ends-lawsuit-over-lead-ammo-at-wildlife-refuges-00071447 #377: Daines & Zinke: They are “sportsmen” who love to blast wildlife in Nat. Parks with lead ammo so they can kill more as the lead contaminates water & kills wildlife that feed on lead-filled carcasses. This is their idea of “sport.” When will Montanans who are true “sports” get rid of these two hacks? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/11/17/greens-urge-national-park-service-to-ban-lead-00069257 #376: One more proof that State control of Western lands is bad idea if you are for conservation. Wy Gov. Gordon stops BLM effort to purchase Ranch on Platte that would prevent dev. & preserve open space & support wildlife. They try to argue that purchase would harm local fisheries! Wonder what dev. & roads with subdivisions would do to fishery! Western states are dominated by energy & ranching and their "state control" harms attempts to preserve the environment that makes these places special. With Republicans in control, Wy would look like everywhere else if they get their way. See https://wyofile.com/after-protest-blm-to-review-marton-ranch-purchase-on-north-platte/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=7689933417-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-7689933417-417379196&mc_cid=7689933417&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #375: One More Reason to Vote Against Zinke: I already documented 9 reasons to vote AGANST Zinke. Now 1 more: He didn’t share his mobile phone records as required—you can be sure he’s hiding unethical behavior he’s famous for. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/10/31/enviros-threaten-to-sue-over-zinkes-phone-records-00064249 & for other 9 documented reasons, see #340 below https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog\ #374: Good news from Politico—Zinke’s race with Tranel is close! I hope all who don’t want to see Zinke in Congress trying to despoil public lands which he helped to do under Trump contribute to her campaign. Zinke got to be Interior Sec. because he claimed to be supporter of public lands but then rolled over for Energy-Ranching interests EVERY SINGLE TIME there was a choice between conserve. & big industry. My book Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior details his & Bernhardt’s misdeeds. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/10/26/ryan-zinkes-return-to-washington-far-from-certain-00063421 & https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #373: USGS Research pub. in refereed journal shows that mule deer are harmed by energy dev.” the deer began to “hold up” when they reached the natural-gas wells. They paused their spring migration and let the wave of green vegetation pass them by, becoming decoupled from their best food resources at a crucial time of the year&” Overall, the wells resulted in a 38.65 percent reduction in green-wave-surfing through time. There was no evidence that mule deer acclimatized to the development or the related increases in human presence, truck traffic and noise. Small- and large-scale developments altered green-wave-surfing behavior to a similar degree.” No way to soft peddle this impact. Will Forest Service & Interior act on this? Unfortunately, not likely—Interior & FS have been captured by who they view as their “clients.” See https://wildlifemanagement.institute/outdoor-news-bulletin/october-2022/wy-and-sd-coop-units-assess-impacts-energy-development-migrating #372: Cattle industry upset at Google’s warning about beef’s impact on climate change. They try to argue that cattle grazing protects green space, upcycles grass and forages” which tons of research refutes—some exptal. grazing moving them around may be less harmful but overall cattle grazing is destroying public lands & biodiversity. As Harvard expert states: why shouldn’t “people…have access to quick comparative information on the impact of the foods they're using.” Also it begs the question why the Biden Admin.’s Interior & Forest Service continue to subsidize this harmful industry. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/10/14/beef-industry-sees-red-over-google-flagging-recipe-emissions-00061748 & Donahue, Debra L. (1999). The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands To Conserve Native Biodiversity. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press; Donahue, Debra. (2005). The Endangered Species Act and Its Current Set of Incentive Tools for Species Protection. Pp. 25-63 in Jason F. Shogren. Editor. Species at Risk: Using Economic Incentives to Shelter Endangered Species on Private Lands. Austin: University of Texas Press. #371: House wants to have more cattle grazing in conservation areas due to droughts caused by climate change?! What’s wrong with that? (1) Cows cause 1/3 methane emissions more harmful to climate than carbon dioxide so you’re going to make droughts worse! (2) Cattle ranchers already are destroying public lands—lots of scientific evidence to prove this (see citations below). (3) Cattle ranchers are already treated to welfare—the costs of their grazing on public lands exceeds tiny fees they pay--& some like Cliven Bundy refuse to pay even these measly fees! Why encourage more grazing to this pampered group who are harming the environment and causing climate change? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/09/21/house-lawmakers-urged-to-support-more-cattle-grazing-00057772 & https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/oct/27/whats-the-beef-with-cows-and-the-climate-crisis & Donahue, Debra L. (1999). The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands To Conserve Native Biodiversity. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. & George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson, Eds., Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002, p. 17.& Wuerthner, George. (1991). “How the West was Eaten.” Wilderness, 54 (192), accessed 2/11/16 from EBSCO. & Lynn Jacobs. (1991). #370: Which President appointed Fed. Judge Key in Envmntal. Decisions: Former Justice Breyer & others have tried to argue that most SC decisions are not “political” but last 6 years shows that’s baloney. E.g.: Wolverine protections saved by Clinton-appointed judge Molloy, that Trump tried to unprotect. In my book on Trump’s Attack on conservation, I cite case after case where conserv. protected by Dem.-appointed judges overcame Trump attacks. For conservation & environment, as with Voting Rights & Abortion, somehow political views of judges determine their decisions. See https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #369: Zinke-Trump’s Interior refused to support grants involving endangered species & climate change & ignored professional FWS staff requests & provided NO RATIONALE for refusal to fund the grants other than they didn’t align with Zinke-Trump priorities. Zinke’s record shows he was a terrible & biased Admin. of agency supposed to be devoted to CONSERVATION. He does not deserve Office. See https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-22-105407.pdf & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/09/06/gao-trump-team-bogged-down-sensitive-interior-grants-00054923 #368: Bison revived native plants by 86% compared to only 30% for cattle a 3-decade long study found. “Reintroducing bison resulting in long-running & resilient increases in grassland diversity.” Ignore Montana ranchers. (See item below). https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2022/08/bringing-back-bison-can-help-bring-back-the-prairies-too/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bringing-back-bison-can-help-bring-back-the-prairies-too&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bringing-back-bison-can-help-bring-back-the-prairies-too #367: Montana ranchers don’t want bison grazing on Federal land—tens of thousands of cattle are currently ruining the land with inadequate fees but ranchers say public land should ONLY BE USED FOR LIVESTOCK, “NOT WILDLIFE PRESERVATION.” They act like public lands belong to them--& they have in past Administrations. I hope BLM & Interior show some spine this time! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/08/30/mont-ranchers-officials-appeal-bison-grazing-on-blm-land-00054168 #366: Why is Forest Service pandering to ranchers& Wyoming officials to destroy sage grouse habitat by using pesticides that will harm sage grouse & other birds in the Bighorn National Forest? To appease ranchers whose cows graze cattle & devastate vegetation? Like FWS, FS seeks to appease ranchers & state “partners” heedless of their role in protecting species & nature. See https://wyofile.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Objection-to-forest-sagebrush-treatment-.pdf & https://wyofile.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bighorn-Invasive-FEIS-Objection.pdf as well as https://wyofile.com/conservationists-bash-bighorn-forest-plan-to-kill-sagebrush-larkspur/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=09a7e171fc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-09a7e171fc-417379196&mc_cid=09a7e171fc&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #365: FWS considering HCP to “protect” Fl panthers that many conservationists thought gave away much too much to developers—but it has now been rejected anyway by the developers b/c it may require them to spend “too much” on measures to protect panthers from becoming roadkill! Proof again that profit motive among wealthy & powerful bozos far exceeds any unselfish stewardship motives. DeSantis brags about his environmental actions but has done nothing about protecting the panther which is Florida’s “state animal.” The developers are rich & the kind of people DeSantis panders to—not someone he takes on to protect conservation! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/08/25/developers-back-out-of-florida-panther-protection-proposal/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e32075eb-3eff-45ff-bc59-0d5250f60df0 #364: I’ve already detailed Ryan Zinke’s terrible tenure as Interior Secy. in my book “Industry First: The Trump Administration’s Attack on Conservation.” One more proof is Interior’s Inspector General’s report which examined his role in Conn. tribal gaming issue IN DETAIL & concluded Zinke lied about the involvement of outsiders who dictated the decision. This report is just further evidence that Zinke is NOT FIT for Office. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/08/24/watchdog-blasts-zinke-for-lack-of-candor-00053526 #363: At last, Biden’s NPS to review slob hunting rules Trump’s Interior imposed allowed bear baiting. Survey of >1000 Alaskan voters showed 60% opposed baiting. They should also ban other Trump slob hunting practices--using artificial light at den sites, Wolves can be hunted during denning season, caribou can be shot from motorboats & dogs can be used to hunt black bears. These rules cover 22 Million acres of FEDERAL land but as usual small % of slob hunters have dominated state—here-Alaskan wildlife policies. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/08/18/bear-baiting-on-fed-lands-in-alaska-gets-white-house-scrutiny-00052640 #362: Great NYT article citing research that commercial logging worsens wildfire but nevertheless Repubs & some Dems. are pushing to worsen cutting of forests. & Biden supporting this at same time wants to plan 1 Billion Trees while older trees fight climate change more than new twigs??! Stupidity wins out once again. See https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/30/opinion/california-wildfires-oak-fire-yosemite-sequoias.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220731&instance_id=68093&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=100067&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #361: Climate Change Craziness: Survey shows Repubs. willing to plant trees & give businesses tax credits to help climate but won’t permit stricter evmntal rules or tax based on emissions. Most Americans have experienced “extreme weather” but not willing to take any hard steps to control it. In short, world will be destroyed by human’s short-sighted selfishness—supposedly “intelligent” life incapable of taking steps to save selves & other species. Crazier result: support for action on climate has declined since 2020 despite worsening disasters—but impacts of weather disasters are not partisan in their impact! Only helpful sign in survey: Younger Repubs. are more willing than geezers to do something! See https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/07/14/americans-divided-over-direction-of-bidens-climate-change-policies/ #360: Circular Causation: Human-caused climate change forces polar bears to use garbage dumps resulting in threats to humans & killing of the bears & at same time humans move into polar bear territory again results in conflict & more killing of the bears. Why bears likely are doomed. See https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/polar-bears-scavenge-garbage-cope-with-climate-change-2022-07-20/?emci=e168181b-6908-ed11-b47a-281878b83d8a&emdi=eff691b2-ec08-ed11-b47a-281878b83d8a&ceid=326118 #359 Excellent detailed account of Yellowstone wolf killings by Ryan Devereaux though depressing to anyone who wants an end to western state mania for killing wolves. Article proves key points: Montana’s Fish, Wildlife & Parks Dept. & the state's Wildlife Commission are captives of small but dominant group of ranchers, outfitters & nationalist extremists who passionately hate wolves that they feel ESA & Feds. forced on them. Any idea that this Dept. & Commsn. are “PARTNERS” of USFWS is insane—they are bitter opponents of conservation. See https://theintercept.com/2022/07/20/wolves-yellowstone-ranger-montana-greg-gianforte/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter #358: Have you noticed that the only wildlife Interior conservation actions Repubs. support concern protection of BIG GAME?! BLM to target oil-gas dev in BIG GAME habitat. During terrible Trump years, the only positive actions by Zinke-Bernhardt also were to protect BIG GAME migrations! 30X30 would be popular if it could promise more BIG GAME to Yahoos! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/07/18/blm-targets-oil-and-gas-development-in-colo-big-game-habitat-00046337 #357: Study shows that Fed. reimbursement for untaxed Wyoming lands is 8X the amount lost by not having the land taxed! It proves that Repub. squawks about taxes lost is BS & demonstrates these Western states are in FAR BETTER shape due to existence of the Fed. owned parks, reserves etc.–Imagine what these states would be like if these lands were given over to private sector & industry. See https://wyofile.com/federal-tax-offset-pays-8-5-times-marton-ranch-property-levy%ef%bf%bc/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=62c944ca72-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-62c944ca72-417379196&mc_cid=62c944ca72&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #356: Republicans anti-climate actions harming people’s pocketbooks such as inability to get home insurance. Their “Do Nothing” “Climate Isn’t a Problem” opposition to Biden’s climate agenda guarantee more bills & losses for homeowners. Dems need to emphasize this bread & butter aspect of climate policy to electorates. Finally Dept Treasury starting to look into this—should have been done long ago. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/07/06/treasury-examines-climate-effect-on-insurance-availability-00044122 #355: Peer: “BLM continues to exempt Sage-Grouse habitat protections” from oil-gas industry. I realize that Stone-Manning et al. feel under pressure from dominant state forces but if this is what we get from Democratic Admin., what the hell purpose is there to electing them? Trump ALL OUT FOR oil-gas-ranching Biden nothing but little peeps for conservation. https://peer.org/blm-oil-exemptions-undercut-sage-grouse-safeguards/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e6855b55-bcbd-4fef-9a6a-80d2b023567b #354: One more example of Biden bowing down to Ranching Industry—authorizes For. Serv. waiver of rules if their cattle illegally grazing on Fed. lands due to “unintentional” reasons. GAO & other studies already prove that FS like BLM RARELY enforces rules against ranchers—e.g. Bundy. This will just codify existing situation. New rule guarantees ranchers always claim unintended! Meanwhile extensive proof that grazing harming pub. lands whose quality is WAY DOWN. Will ranchers support Democrats in next election since they are treated just as royally now as under Trump?! Don’t think so. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/06/24/forest-service-to-waive-unauthorized-grazing-fees-00042279 #353: Excellent if depressing High County News story on how false wolf depredation reports are used by Fed. agencies “Wildlife Services” (i.e., killing) to justify killing wolf packs in New Mexico. FWS officials in charge of Mexican Wolf project were not allowed by FWS to comment on revelations of false reports! This story demonstrates once again that Federal & State agencies that operate in West (BLM, Dept. Agric. Wildlife Services, & State “game” departments) have been totally captured by ranchers & others (e.g., trappers) they are supposed to regulate. Story proves that any of these agency officials who dare to challenge ranchers’ false claims are shortly thereafter removed from their jobs. The joke is that Trump, Bernhardt et al. complained about needing to have these agencies more responsive to “their clients” (i.e., ranchers) when these agencies actually are stooges for them and are failing to represent the large majority of public that opposes prioritization of ranchers over conservation & biodiversity. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/sabotaging-the-mexican-wolf-recovery-project?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #352: FWS & Fed. Judge: Bridgerton Nat. Forest is first & foremost for public range ranchers—grizzlies & end. fish can probably survive! Haaland-FWS no different from Trump’s—know their priorities—keep Western ranchers-slob hunters happy. Judge says “ likely won’t affect the continued existence of the dace” & not “appreciably” affect # grizzlies in order to meet MINIMAL # of grizzlies that Western states will TOLERATE. Under Haaland like Trump, National forests & nat. wildlife REFUGES are first & foremost for ranchers-slob hunters. See https://wyofile.com/judge-tosses-protest-of-grazing-plan-that-threatens-72-grizzlies/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=c4399c979e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-c4399c979e-417379196&mc_cid=c4399c979e&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #351: The Hatch Act should be renamed the Hapless Act—supposed to prevent political use of funds but check out Trump’s 4th of July celebration—NPS paid for Trump Campaign Video & now details on lackey Bernhardt prostrated Interior to his campaign. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/06/02/inside-the-scramble-to-give-trump-his-epic-july-4th-party-00036710 & pp. 54-55 in Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #350: WTO has talked about curbing harmful fish subsidies by countries but as usual, it’s blather—data from accurate honest reports shows harmful subsidies given by governments continues to increase. Let’s face it: Intl. community incapable of doing what’s needed to preserve fish. See Pew Report. https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/about/news-room/opinion/2022/05/11/latest-scientific-advancements-support-ending-destructive-fisheries-subsidies?utm_campaign=2022-06-02+Latest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew&subscriberkey=0030e00002UVMySAAX #349: Once again Humans ready to destroy wildlife habitat for own purposes—rushing to mine (and thus destroy) deep seabeds despite fact that no one has any idea of what harm this will do. Short-term human interests first, species preservation is only for International bodies' blather that’s sacrificed quickly when selfish human interests involved. See Pew Report “Seabed Authority Shouldn’t Rush Decision on Deep-Ocean Mining” https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2022/05/23/seabed-authority-shouldnt-rush-decision-on-deep-ocean-mining?utm_campaign=2022-06-02+Latest&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Pew&subscriberkey=0030e00002UVMySAAX #348: Stone-Manning says we could “lose 1/3 of wildlife if we don’t take big measures.” So what does she do about Wyoming that has ignored decline of sage grouse? She says “Wyoming has helped lead the way on sage-grouse conservation.” What world is she living in? Stone-Manning also says BLM decisions will be made “through sitting down with govs, state fish & game depts.–" good smart people who know what they’re doing.” Wyoming counties killed from aircraft “every wolf, bobcat, mt. lion, & coyote they could.” Wyoming also condones counties killing wildlife on Fed. lands “when they see fit.” Stone-Manning’s tough confirmation has turned her into patsy for energy-ranching-slob hunter industries that run Wy & other state wildlife depts. Stone-Manning’s statements could have been made by trophy hunters Ryan Zinke & David Bernhardt. This show why it’s virtually impossible to overcome slob control of state wildlife depts & why only Federal ESA stands between obliteration of many species but ESA no longer is "macho"—FWS is afraid to use Sect. 7 protect species like Fl panther. 348 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog See https://wyofile.com/feds-probed-airborne-wolf-coyote-gunners-in-wyoming-didnt-prosecute/ & https://wyofile.com/predator-control-bill-advances-in-wake-of-aerial-gunning-dispute/ & https://wyofile.com/stone-manning-blm-to-focus-on-unlocking-inaccessible-public-land/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=1ec28ecc1b-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-1ec28ecc1b-417379196&mc_cid=1ec28ecc1b&mc_eid=0a4450d147 & Tobias, Jimmy. (2021). Defanged: Money and Politics could doom the Florida Panther and the Endangered Species Act. The Intercept. Jan. 24. #347: Will Biden’s 30X30 (& also those of other countries) have a significant positive effect on preserving biodiversity? It’s likely that in U.S. & other countries powerful organized interest groups will undermine the program. See my detailed paper on this: Interest Group Politics, Preserving Biodiversity, and Achieving 30X30 at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/papers-on-wildlife-conservation.html I document in the paper how in the U.S. & elsewhere these groups have undermined the Clean Water Act & ESA including various forms of "mitigation." The majority of the public supports 30X30 but the public's support is too mild to overcome the strong focused actions of interests that would be harmed by actions to preserve biodiversity. #346: Repubs. want to use NEPA to stop 30X30: Purpose of NEPA is to “prevent environmental harm”—so only idiot Repubs. would even think of using it to “prevent conservation.” But then Repubs. consider drilling, cattle grazing, mining to be their version of “conservation”—that is of profits for their pals. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/05/12/republicans-want-nepa-review-for-biden-conservation-program-00031910 #345: I hope House Dems do indict Bernhardt—his Interior years were filled with unethical acts to help his industry pals—he never ONCE supported conservation over his pals. See full documentation of his misuse of his office in Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior @ https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ & Dems' plan to indict the rotund slob hunter at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/05/11/house-democrats-seek-criminal-charges-against-bernhardt-00031758 #344: GOP Senators Speak up for Slob Hunter A-Holes: they want to forbid banning of lead ammo in National Wildlife REFUGES! Lead ammo is proven harmful to endangered species & there is cheap non-lead ammo available but Slob A-hole hunters refuse to use. What more can you say? If you can’t prioritize wildlife in their supposed REFUGES, what the hell is their purpose—Oh, I know—to provide targets for A-hole slob hunters! The politics of this is also crazy—hunters (most are ethical) have steadily declined as percent of population—down to 5% & slobs are tiny fraction of this 5% (2016 USFWS survey) but Repubs & many Dems still kowtow to these A-holes! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/05/10/gop-senators-to-fws-dont-ban-lead-ammo-00031498 #343: Wow, a former President (Carter) actually cares about conservation—opposes Izembek ruling. How long has it been since we had a President who really cares about conservation? Teddy R? FDR in his youth? Too bad! See Jimmy Carter calls for reversal of 'dangerous' Izembek ruling https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/05/10/jimmy-carter-calls-for-reversal-of-dangerous-izembek-ruling-00031338 #342: Read how states have failed to protect sage grouse—their promises have never been fulfilled but BLM afraid to list them b/c of political power of tiny groups (oil comps., public range ranchers)—that BLM views as their “stakeholders”—not U.S. public. The data are clear—core habitat is disappearing quickly but “stakeholders” interests come first—grouse & U.S. public be damned. So much for the "macho" Endangered Species Act that was supposed to protect species. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/05/09/sage-grouse-struggle-as-blm-and-states-search-for-answers-00027313 #341: One more proof that Endangered Species Protection can’t be left to states: Wisconsin Advisory group to its DNR wants only 350 wolves in the state—there are currently over 1100! Slob hunters dominate state wildlife commissions & departments. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/04/29/wis-hunting-advisory-survey-sees-support-for-350-wolf-limit-00028885 #340: 9 Documented Reasons why Zinke’s not Fit for Office: (1) Zike opened entire Pet. Reserve to leasing tho oil companies had not demanded this expansion that included many crucial habitat. #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (2) Zinke removed “conservation from BLM’s own description of its “mission”!’ #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (3) What was his goal? Zinke said “Our goal is an America that is the strongest energy superpower that this world has ever known” #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (4) Zinke let bans on mining lapse for Oregon’s Chetco River previously had been protected by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (5) Zinke took actions to allow mining near Boundary Canoe area by friends of Ivanka & Jared; #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (6) He initiated cutback in Bears Ears & other monuments & hid from public documents showing support for the monuments; #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (7) Zinke banished compensatory mitigation to make companies take action for harming public BLM lands, calling it “Un-American!” #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (8) Zinke first action in office was to allow deadly lead bullets in National Parks & Wildlife Refuges. #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ (9) Zinke’s ethics were so poor that even the historically unethical Trump Admin. was happy to see him go due to ethical misbehavior! #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ Montanans, don’t allow this phony who claims to be protector of public lands get into office—he will harm our beautiful public lands. #340 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ I have documented all of these points in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior” at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #339: In honor of Don Young, legis. passed to study causes of losing salmon—with proviso insisted on by Republicans that climate change cannot be found to be one of the causes. (Just Kidding!--I hope!!) See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/04/25/house-sets-vote-on-fisheries-wildlife-legislation-00027298 #338: Stupidity wins again! Yesterday Utah declared “water emergency” due to climate & today same Utahans blast S&P for releasing its ESG scores which show its climate actions are “moderately negative.” Yep, stick your heads in the sand & wait till even bigger disasters occur before taking action—that’s the stupid & Republican approach to policy. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/04/22/utah-blasts-s-p-global-over-politicized-state-esg-indicators-00026953 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/04/21/utah-declares-new-drought-emergency-00026978 #337: Great article by Craig Pittman that PROVES Florida’s water-board appointments show Critical Race Theory is no theory—DeSantis & other Republican appointments have proven it’s true! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/04/21/floridas-water-board-appointments-show-critical-race-theory-is-no-theory/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3c4132e7-9315-44e7-a385-b79dfa37ac8b #336: Big Laugh: Bernhardt, Ricketts, Byfield & other assorted nuts protest against 30X30! Biden Admin & lib. groups like Center for Western Priorities have already promised will be voluntary, locally led. Real problem with 30x30? It’s going to be achieved by loosening def of “protected” to include cattle trodden lands & waters that are not being protected. It’s only way they will get through this Congress which is determined to doing nothing to conserve anything. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/04/20/bernhardt-takes-on-bidens-conservation-plan-00026591 #335: DeSantis nominates wealthy exec to head FL Wildlife Cmmsn fined for speeding in Manatee Zone. He’s trying to compete again w Trump who never saw a slob hunter he didn’t want to head Interior Dept. See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/environment/fl-ne-desantis-wildlife-manatee-20220415-kyeujbuwl5cqzn575wzywxpyui-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Don%27t%20Miss&utm_content=5601650034816 #334: Don’t worry industry: Biden’s BLM still kowtowing to industry! Admin. Judge rejected appeal of Trump BLM whistleblower. It’s not just Gary Frazier who’s Trump retread in Biden Interior! Biden's BLM doesn't want Industry to think they prioritize birds of fossill fuels! See https://wyofile.com/blm-whistleblower-loses-firing-appeal-in-oilfield-dispute%ef%bf%bc/?utm_source=WyoFile&utm_campaign=5bd07f21e1-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2_25_2022_12_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_611470c970-5bd07f21e1-417379196&mc_cid=5bd07f21e1&mc_eid=0a4450d147 #333: Amy, “Tell us it isn’t so! You are proposing to allow cattle grazing as part of CRP conservation program? There is overwhelming evidence that grazing is HARMFUL to conservation & wildlife (& climate change). Read Donahue, Debra L. (1999). The Western Range Revisited: Removing Livestock from Public Lands To Conserve Native Biodiversity. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. & George Wuerthner and Mollie Matteson, Eds., Welfare Ranching: The Subsidized Destruction of the American West. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2002, p. 17.& Wuerthner, George. (1991). “How the West was Eaten.” Wilderness, 54 (192), accessed 2/11/16 from EBSCO. & Lynn Jacobs. (1991). Waste of the West. Do your diligence. This idea of yours would set back conservation & undermine 30x30 program. We need LESS GRAZING. #332: Good article on how Dems. finally came up with good memorable slog to critique DeSantis by labeling bill “Don’t Say Gay” but also pts. out that Dems have been losing out in important war for good slogans—instead offer Repubs slogans they like to use such as “Defund police” & “critical race theory.” I support latter’s idea of teaching COMEPRENSIVE historical facts on American History” but CRT has 2 problems: It talks about THEORY when should be talking about facts; the term “critical” puts a negative slant on it—should be emphasizing teaching MORE and MORE ACCURATE history. I don’t understand why originators of CRT haven’t relabeled their movement—so far the phrase has been a gift to Republicans. See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/fl-ne-desantis-political-messaging-dont-say-gay-20220321-kap5lu6rnngdfibfxmhn64hcpy-story.html #331: Phony “Environmentalist” Ron DeSantis & FL Republicans refused to undertake necessary steps to protect sea grass being destroyed by fertilizers & pesticides from Ag. & developments. He prefers to attack students wearing masks & what he thinks are “evils”—real evil is this jerk. See https://enewspaper.sun-sentinel.com/html5/desktop/production/default.aspx?edid=de86afa6-5d56-4f3f-8c1a-59268827c467 #330: Mt. Repub. Sen. Daines & Rep. Rosendale want MT grizzlies delisted so Gov. Gianforte can shoot one for a trophy—albeit protected by a host of other hunters & dogs—this coward takes no chances! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/18/montana-gop-members-press-for-grizzly-bear-delisting-review-00018496 #329: Why the hell did Biden’s DOJ appeal Trump’s Interior’s appeal to build road thru Izembek Nat. Wildlife Refuge? Are they trying to help Murkowski? Otherwise, I can’t fathom such a stupid & environmentally malicious action. Now Trump’s Federal judicial appointees are showing up & destroying conservation—Trump’s Supreme Court (that’s what it really is!) can’t wait to build that road & stick it to conservationists one more time. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/16/appeals-court-clears-path-for-izembek-road-00017805 #328: Rep. Don Young (& also AL Sens. Sullvan & Murkowski!) who has WHINED about End. Species Act forever wants study to preserve salmon & right whale populations! It’s good to know that even ESA opponents want to preserve SOME species. Let’s remind him next time he complains about it! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/14/panel-to-examine-declining-salmon-right-whale-populations-00016508 #327: Slob Killing of Wolves & Rattlesnakes: They say it’s “their culture” & they especially love to do it to infuriate people who love or at least respect wildlife. They prove that they’re not descended from animals—they are a far lower form of life. Slobs lure wolves from Yellowstone, kill them & gleefully post killings on media—they’re proud of being A-holes. Texas Rattlesnake roundup skins hundreds of them in public, saying “it’s very much a part of our culture” and “It puts us on the map”—yes, on the map of A-holes! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/03/04/yellowstone-wolves-hunting/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_campaign=wp_energy_and_environment&wpisrc=nl_green & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/11/rattlesnake-roundups-take-2-paths-drawing-praise-and-scorn-00016465 #326: With Gary Frazier and Leo Miranda still in positions of power in Biden FWS, Trump’s Interior's FWS team will feel right at home if he wins election in 2024. Why the hell doesn’t Haaland et al. get rid of these Trump retreads? #325: FWS Gary Frazier at it again! Same guy who said Bernhardt’s last moment blocking of protections against Malathion was Fine & Dandy—now again allows use under Biden! This guy is SUPPOSED to be top protector of Endangered Species but he just loves Dow Chem.—same org that donated $Millions to Trump. He says they have “reduced” many of the documented deadly effects on end. species. With this guy as top protector of end. species, they are doomed. He’s got his priorities straight: keep Dow happy & hope for return of Trump. See US officials reverse course on pesticide's harm to wildlife - ABC News (go.com) & . https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/politics/endangered-species-david-bernhardt.html #324: Another Trumpy FWS official, Leo Miranda, still around—now heads SE Region! He did Trump’s bidding to try to delist Key Deer & other species—called it WILDLY IMPORTANT GOAL! Now he’s still in leadership under Biden. Bet he can’t wait for Trump or DeSantis to take over so he can unprotect more species. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/03/10/drive-to-delist-floridas-diminutive-key-deer-was-pushed-by-feds-wacky-wig-plan/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f6a6a92b-2b9d-45bd-97df-9cab409c8cfa m & https://psmag.com/environment/fish-and-wildlife-is-conserving-nearly-extinct-animals-by-denying-them-protection #323: DeSantis-Repub. Method: Deny “school recognition” rewards to districts that protected children from COVID & provide it to those who followed DeSantis’ political theater of denying evidence they help. And, by the way, cowardly DeSantis will still not ADMIT that he was vaccinated—just as Trump predicted—he’s a worse coward than Trump. See https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/fl-house-ditches-financial-penalties-on-12-school-districts-over-mask-mandates/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8ff25f1e-209e-4717-b527-15027b253542 #322: New Boss same as Old Boss: Biden’s FWS reversed position that malathion would harm wildlife b/c labels will have “rules” that if followed will prevent harm! I am sure FWS/EPA still will be out in field enforcing those rules?! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/08/feds-say-pesticide-wont-harm-wildlife-00015283 #321: Panther vs. Rancher: FWS Panther Coordinator Shindle was ready to kill panther that attacks rancher livestock & “looked at her”—FL panthers endangered-only 200 but ranchers & developers. have dominated FL FWS—Read case study of how FWS refuses to use “jeopardy” power to stop dev. that will destroy 1000s acres of panther habitat. Only negative media publicity has put any spine into FWS officials but unfortunately history shows ranchers & developers will win out. See https://www.wtsp.com/article/life/animals/florida-panther/67-e670a234-018b-46e2-a290-756c095889af & https://theintercept.com/2021/01/24/florida-panther-collier-engangered-species-act/ #320: Dangerous levels of lead found in Montana schools—Who will help? Biden’s infrastructure bill will provide help to fix—same bill that Gianforte & other Republicans oppose! See https://www.hcn.org/articles/pollution-dangerous-levels-of-lead-found-in-montana-schools?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #319: Gianforte doubles down on being a cowardly A-Hole: He illegally trapped & killed a wolf & now surrounded a treed cougar accompanied by hounds & other hunters & then cowardly shot the cougar. I thought this A-hole would be trying to live down his reputation for being a cowardly slob hunter but this jackass wants to brag about it. He undoubtedly has a very small “member” & needs to compensate for it. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/03/02/mont-governor-bags-criticism-along-with-a-mountain-lion-00013199 #318: Wy’s solution to saving Sage Grouse: Raise them on Game farms! No evidence to show that farmed grouse will work but Wy prefers solution won’t hurt beloved energy industry. Another of FWS’s state “partners” shows they don’t give damn about conservation. https://www.hcn.org/articles/north-birds-wyoming-politicians-hatch-a-plan-to-continue-sage-grouse-game-farms?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #317: Welfare for West Va. & Manchin: State gets most $ to fix destruction due to coal mines—Other states pay to help West Va while Manchin refuses to have child care tax credit—proof he’s nothing but a hypocrite & phony. See https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/biden-administration-announces-nearly-725-million-create-good-paying-union-jobs #316: Biden SCOTUS pick bad for evmnt: Jackson rejected challenge to Trump efforts exempt from bedrock envtal. laws to build a border wall & other evmntal cases. She’s a “mainstream” judge—sounds great but Bushes-Trump appointed ALL OUT radical conservatives & Jackson’s mealy-mouthed views are not TYPE we need to reverse disastrous SCOTUS. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/25/big-environmental-questions-await-supreme-court-pick-jackson-00005316 #315: BLM keeps grazing fees at $1.35—the same amount as in 1978! Under Biden’s Interior, ranchers still rule—new boss—same as the old boss! See Glaser, Christine; Romaniello, Chuck; Moskowitz, Karen. Costs and Consequences: The Real Costs of Livestock Grazing on America’s Public Lands. Center for Biodiversity. January 2015. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/grazing/pdfs/CostsAndConsequences_01-2015.pdf & https://www.hcn.org/articles/south-public-lands-whats-getting-more-expensive-everything-but-grazing-fees?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #314: Is there any clear explanation as to why Biden’s BLM fired Loewen who was disciplined for objecting to drilling that would harm birds & continues to oppose his appeal? It seems one more example of how Biden’s Interior continues Trump policies defending drilling-rancher interests & show no clear break with Trump policies. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/11/whistleblower-case-ensnares-senior-blm-official-00008333 #313: Great news that Federal judge restored protections to gray wolves tho does not cover states where all-out slob hunting allowed. Goes to show once again: endangered species main protection is ESA & Fed. judges—not Interior Dept. Interior Dept. Biden Interior went along with Trump removal—they love their state partners > wolves that their partners' "bosses"(ranchers-slob hunters) hate. Now that partners in ID-MT-WY are going all out to kill wolves, FWS may FINALLY be forced to act despite Gary Frazier types who are running “predator” policy. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/02/10/gray-wolves-endangered-species-ruling/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_environment__alert-hse&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWE3MGJjODA5YmJjMGYxY2U0MDI3ZTVmIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8yMDIyLzAyLzEwL2dyYXktd29sdmVzLWVuZGFuZ2VyZWQtc3BlY2llcy1ydWxpbmcvP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9YWxlcnQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbCZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249d3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUmbG9jYXRpb249YWxlcnQmd3Btaz0xJndwaXNyYz1hbF9lbnZpcm9ubWVudF9fYWxlcnQtaHNlIn0.UKCbGYVeXk7UwBfOS0RzopSXn366qdQtJt4De2iZEGk #312: More Taxpayer Welfare for West Va. Coal Companies & Manchin: Feds. Are paying for mine land cleanups mess left by coal companies—Biggest Fed. $ goes to West Va. (&Manchin who invests in them)—same guy who opposed Child Care tax credits for poor. Any more proof needed that energy companies are leeches on the public & that Manchin qualifies as a phony—he didn’t think it was right to give handouts to help children! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/07/interior-rolls-out-725m-for-abandoned-mine-land-cleanup-ee-00006339 #311: Florida Republicans attack Biden for not using Infrastructure $ for River of Grass Reservoir. Facts: Biden Admin gave >1 $Billion from Infra. Bill for Everglades conserv. Republicans Rubio & Scott voted AGAINST the bill! Nothing stops lying & hypocrisy of Repubs.—they have no shame & their supporters love their lying & phoniness. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/03/corps-defends-everglades-funding-decision-that-riled-fla-gop-ee-00005271 #310: Biden Admin. forms task force w/Western Governors Asso. Good luck!—most of these states follow line of Cong. “Western Caucus” whose program is “to allow more domestic oil-gas drilling, delisting of end. species, & local control over Fed. lands.” The only conservation these states are interested in is producing more big game targets. https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/03/western-caucus-ready-for-a-republican-takeover-ee-00005047 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/02/03/biden-admin-western-governors-launch-conservation-task-force-ee-00005416 #309: Unbelievable: Read about how Wyoming counties kill from aircraft every wolf, bobcat, mt. lion, & coyote they see on FEDERAL BLM from land w/o required permits. Counties used to contract with “Wildlife Services” (DA agency that kills “pests”) but stopped b/c agency wouldn’t shoot them unless proof they had killed livestock! Feds investigated but did not press charges perhaps due to fact that WY Game & Fish declined to cooperate—that’s right—they’re FWS’s “PARTNERS!” Wildlife Services have kept their mouths shut’ about this illegal activity. Snowmobilers w/guns mounted to front of their machines communicated w/helicopters to help killing. Wy legislators are pushing legislation that will condone counties killing ON FEDERAL land—they state that it’s established they can kill animals on fed. lands “WHEN THEY SEE FIT.” The stupidity of these actions is highlighted when you compare the “$125,000 cost of predator damage” (this is figure of the livestock owners!) with $4.9 Million cost of this predator control! It would seem that the combination of illegal aerial slob hunting violating any sense of ethical hunting & the terrible cost-benefit would bring action by Federal or State officials but truth is that Wildlife Management policy is set by ranchers/slob hunters & nobody in BLM/Interior/USDA has the guts to deal with the small # of slobs who set these policies. The failure to pursue these cases occurred during Dec. 2020 under the Biden Admin. See https://wyofile.com/feds-probed-airborne-wolf-coyote-gunners-in-wyoming-didnt-prosecute/ & https://wyofile.com/predator-control-bill-advances-in-wake-of-aerial-gunning-dispute/ #308: Those Idaho wildlife officials at it again!: While waging a slob-hunting war on wolves, they’re now all-out trapping-killing of river otters too. Why? Commissioner voting for policy says: “bottom line is, the heritage of the state of Idaho is to preserve the right of hunting, fishing and trapping. That's a big deal in Idaho.” What’s not a big deal among Idaho? Concern with preservation of species or the opinion of the majority of Idahoans who don’t support these actions. Ranchers-hunters-anglers-trappers control ID Fish & Game—always have & probably always will. It’s possible when IDFG kills most wolves-otters that Interior Dept. MIGHT step in but don’t hold your breath—they defer to their state “partners” (partners for what?!) See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/28/idaho-wildlife-officials-expand-river-otter-trapping-ee-00003180 #307: DeSantis Pick for Surgeon General: An anti-science doctor! Imagine who DeSantis would put in charge of health & education for the entire U.S. if this moron became president! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/25/desantis-pick-for-fl-surgeon-general-likely-to-face-heat-at-first-confirmation-hearing/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=69f2acd4-85cf-424f-bd09-fcef54019346 #306: Billions for Development, Pennies for Conservation: DeSantis-Republicans fail to fund 2014 mandated Land Acquisition Trust Fund passed by FL voters. Taxes from real estate transfer due to development are HIGH as green lands disappear rapidly. Anyone claiming environmental credential would support full funding. See https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/land-acquisition-fl-senator-tries-again-to-secure-funds-for-conservation-program-mandated-by-2014-voters/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=219cd622-04c7-42b3-8aed-fd8337b0137d #305: DeSantis won’t say whether he took booster proving 2 points: (1) As Trump says, he’s a coward; (2) Science shows boosters work to prevent hosp. so he’s an active threat against health of Floridians. See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/os-ne-desantis-booster-question-20220121-ntc2tpogkbfjxosgrwdnlsuuny-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News%20Alerts&utm_content=1491642779222#nws=true & https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/21/health/covid-boosters-cdc-omicron.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20220122&instance_id=51042&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=80468&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #304: DeSantis Task Force refuses to take action against Red Tide—waits for “for more research” when know agric. Fertilizers& runoffs cause it. DeSantis/Repubs only for “voluntary” cooperation. DeSantis Phony “environmentalist once more.” See https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19012022/florida-red-tide-climate-change-desantis/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=b7cb2b8041-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-b7cb2b8041-328621596 #303: FWS’s “Partner” Idaho Fish & Game will spend $1 Million more to kill wolves & hire contract w/SLOB hunters to use bait, ATVs, dogs & every unfair chase mechanism possible to do so. Meanwhile, FWS geniuses like Gary Frazier are conducting review to see if their “partners” might need controls But FWS has to first consult their "partners & partners’ bosses"—i.e., ranchers before taking action to see what if any actions are acceptable to them! https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/20/idaho-wolf-control-board-will-have-1m-to-kill-wolves-285391 #302: Bill to destroy sea grass off Florida same way wetlands have been previously destroyed by allowing phony “mitigation” for developers destroying sea grass. Wonder what phony "environmentalist" DeSantis will do if this passes?! He'll be torn between two lives--desperate desire to be seen as "green" but a toady to developers who feed his campaign chest. See Pitman’s article at https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/20/bills-would-help-consultants-make-a-killing-off-of-killing-off-floridas-seagrass/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2aed7fb3-4e29-4de9-9261-3d63774239f8 #301: DeSantis’s Failed State: Housing prices rocketing but wage gains slower than nat. average & Repubs. fail to protect for providing affordable housing (require local gvmnts. incentivize developers & divert $ intended for low income housing in order to protect wealthy homes on coasts from flooding. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/florida-affordable-housing-crisis/2022/01/18/8369ac0c-72ea-11ec-b202-b9b92330d4fa_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F35cc1ca%2F61e7ef599d2fda14d7fb40a1%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F16%2F71%2F61e7ef599d2fda14d7fb40a1 #300: Borowitz truthful joke about DeSantis (Sad but true!): DeSantis Betting That Republicans Want a Stupider Version of Trump. See https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/desantis-betting-that-republicans-want-a-stupider-version-of-trump? See: https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/desantis-betting-that-republicans-want-a-stupider-version-of-trump?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=tny&utm_mailing=TNY_Borowitz_011822&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_medium=email&bxid=5be9cf0924c17c6adf3b5b31&cndid=49211607&hasha=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7&hashb=627b54ebd21a67fc2bbf4cded11488a375592009&hashc=f003a928b87179da0eb9f82b480d8b655a24dc0d0a4116822ef8a5ba0f95b156&esrc=bounceX&utm_term=TNY_Borowitz #299: Read case study of how Arizona Game & Fish Dept. support & coddle rancher on BLM-state wildlife area—Dept spent $ Millions on ranch but charge $200 mo. rent! & continue to spend to help rancher. BLM’s failed to enforce Biological Assessment steps to exclude cattle from riparian areas. Oh, well, we know BLM & FWS major “stakeholders” are ranchers & the state wildlife depts. they “own.” See https://azgrazingclearinghouse.org/agfd-horseshoe-ranch/ #298: Good news is added $ for wildlife amend Pittman-Robertson. But what will states do with it? Most view P-R as primarily support for Big Game-Anglers—not end. species & state wildlife depts are dominated by these interests. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/18/bipartisan-wildlife-protection-bill-set-for-committee-vote-285267 #297: Florida Legislators spend $ supposed to be earmarked for “environmentally sensitive land” on salaries, vehicles, & insurance against evmntal lawsuits & Fl judge lets them do it because the “money was already spent!” DeSantis claim to be “environmentalist” is a bad joke. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/13/florida-legislators-get-away-with-their-amendment-1-heist-for-now/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b3aa7edd-647d-4c6b-a81d-b6bdab4beb25 #296: New ruling by Judge forcing FWS to consider protections for Yellowstone bison once again shows ESA & Federal Court judges are THE ONLY strong protection for species that conflict with ranchers. FWS under Biden like other Admins. is most concerned with not offending rancher-dominated states & politicos like Tester who might lose their seat. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/13/judge-orders-do-over-on-yellowstone-bison-protections-285171 #295: DeSantis & EPA are killing manatees by failing to stop pollution-fertilizers from farms & developments that kill seagrass. We see what their priorities are—keep the developers & farm industry happy—forget manatees. See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/florida/fl-ne-starving-manatees-20220113-uxnxhcieg5hcxmlnne5y5zd6be-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Breaking%20News%20Alerts&utm_content=1491642089918#nws=true #294: Wyoming wants to delist grizzlies—says they are “fully recovered”??! Recovered to what? To the MINIMUM # that MIGHT guarantee survival! Not to their population before they were extinguished! You can count on FWS’s favorite state partners (WY, MT, ID) to try kill every single bear existing IN EXCESS of the Minimum Feds set. So much for FWS’s partners who are owned LOCK, STOCK, & BARREL by ranchers & slob hunters—and so far is FWS owned by them. See https://wyofile.com/wyo-asks-feds-to-delist-yellowstone-ecosystem-grizzlies/ & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/12/wyo-urges-end-to-yellowstone-area-grizzly-bear-protections-285108 #293: DeSantis Way Ahead in contest to be Stupidest governor: pushes inferior Regeneron protection against COVID. How many more times does he have to threaten public health before we get rid of him? See https://floridaphoenix.com/blog/gov-procures-doses-of-regeneron-therapy-which-cdc-warns-is-weak-against-omicron/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=fce87405-9c10-418e-957b-2256064ea1d6 #292: Test for Wyoming & FWS: Latest data shows “alarming drop” in Sage Grouse. Wy & other western states always bragging they can preserve threatened species better than Feds so let’s see if they take STRONG action?! Also test for FWS & Haaland: so far they have knuckled under to ranchers/slobhunters/industry allowing more lead bullets onto wildlife refuges. Will they finally show backbone or is this still Gary Frazier-Bernhardt FWS? See https://wyofile.com/new-sage-grouse-data-alarming-state-biologist-says/ #291: DeSantis on 2006 demonstrations: They’re “nauseating”—what is really nauseating? FL Dept of Health wasted 1 Million COVID tests, encourages NOT testing, & pushes inferior anti-COVID measures. Should be renamed Florida Against Health Dept. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/06/gov-desantis-on-events-commemorating-jan-6-insurrection-i-think-its-going-to-be-nauseating/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5bc32f7e-1622-4f3c-be15-44669a4e474e https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/07/desantis-and-his-surgeon-general-focus-on-covid-treatments-mum-on-vaccines/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5bc32f7e-1622-4f3c-be15-44669a4e474e https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/06/desantis-admits-roughly-1-million-covid-test-kits-did-expire-in-fl/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5bc32f7e-1622-4f3c-be15-44669a4e474e #290: DeSantis Proven to be Coward & Dangerous to Human Health again: Won’t allow mandates to protect from spread of COVID & pushes inferior monoclonal protections. Why such stupidity? Solely to push his candidacy for Repub. nomination. https://floridaphoenix.com/2022/01/03/desantis-our-schools-will-be-open-despite-surge-in-covid-infections/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a03c06d7-69c9-495d-83d6-a2c10f4bb794 #289: “Bipartisan Consensus for Recreation—not protecting wildlife or natural resources. Dems pushing bills to enable humans to get easier access & low fees to pub. lands. It’s good in theory but ignores fact that many public lands are being loved to death & this will aggravate it. Secondly, wildlife will be further hassled-pressured by more humans—research proves bad effects. Reform actually should go different direction—start reducing harmful human impact on heavily traveled natural resources. Unfortunately, tho most humans would admit desirable, no powerful interest groups to protect NON-HUMAN interests. That’s why further deterioration of public lands is INEVITABLE. See example of problems at https://wyofile.com/as-crowds-pile-into-parks-officials-mull-management-options/ Dems proposals at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2022/01/04/advocates-eye-lands-package-focused-on-recreation-284694 #288: Florida Hospitalizations from new COVID not seriously increasing b/c # of people who have been vaccinated—NO THANKS to DeSantis who refuses to have mandates. He like no-vaxers doesn’t give a damn about burdening hospitals & others. Let’s get rid of the bum next election. See https://www.sun-sentinel.com/coronavirus/fl-ne-omicron-florida-hospitals-20211229-rscptt3dhzau5i656pq5v3dhba-story.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Don%27t%20Miss&utm_content=5601640796422#nws=true #287: DeSantis FL Dept of Health won’t release data on COVID infections & hospitalizations. This joker has banned mask and vaccinations mandates & wants to minimize analysis that will prove his stupidity. See https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/12/22/why-wont-florida-cdc-release-states-breakthrough-covid-data/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark #286: Biden FWS: They are planning on taking FL Panthers off the endangered list & then “putting them back on.” FWS under Biden, Obama as well as Repubs. has failed to protect panthers, allowing all kinds of dev. in panther habitat as detailed in recent report. I thought that Biden’s FWS would be a strong supporter of conservation of end. species but they are looking very similar to Trump’s disastrous team—same FWS officials afraid of confronting powerful developers in FL. Craig Pittman says “agency has not opposed any development in panther habitat since 1993, instead approving construction, mining, and other uses for more than 40,000 acres of it. & employees said every time they tried to block something, “we were told that, politically, it would be a disaster.” New boss same as old boss again. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/23/keep-an-eye-on-the-folks-in-charge-of-protecting-floridas-panthers/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=f59780ca-d6ce-4b37-9c28-b992f26d8f19 & https://theintercept.com/2021/01/24/florida-panther-collier-engangered-species-act/ #285: DeSantis & other GOP FL govs. lax enforcement resulted in phosphate-nitrogen pollution that’s killing manatees. DeSantis cut back # inspections & fines & has low participation in prog. to limit discharges. DeSantis—killer of manatee. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/20/environmentalists-threaten-epa-with-lawsuit-over-the-pollution-killing-manatees/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=59940cd0-cf92-49aa-bc89-ba454e88852d #284: Questions for Interior’s New Hunting & Wildlife Conservation Council: Do you think lead bullets should be allowed in national parks, monuments, and forests when they are harmful to “wildlife resources” you are supposed to be protecting? What should be the priority of wildlife refuges: wildlife or hunters? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/20/interior-restarts-obama-era-hunting-wildlife-advisory-group-284556 #283: DeSantis winning battle of stupidity w/Texas Gov. Abbott: Washginton Post: "DeSanti In the heated competition between Texas and Florida to see which state government can shed IQ points faster, the Sunshine State has pulled ahead. Aspiring Fox News personality Ron DeSantis, who moonlights as Florida’s governor, has proposed the Stop W.O.K.E. Act. Invoking the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., DeSantis explained that the act will allow Floridians to take “a stand against critical race theory in our schools” (story). The fact that critical race theory has never been part of Florida's curriculum is irrelevant to the GOP’s Theater of Horrors. Aping the structure of the new Texas anti-abortion law, DeSantis’s proposal would give parents a “private right of action” to sue any teacher they think is promoting critical race theory — whatever that might be. Talking to supporters on Wednesday, DeSantis was candid about hoping to create a climate of “fear” in which teachers censor themselves. His army of thought police snuffing out free expression with nuisance lawsuits is part of the governor’s plan to defeat “cultural Marxism.” See https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f&s=61bcab5b9d2fdab56bcc5309&linknum=5&linktot=81 #282: Ranchers-Slob Hunters dominate wolf policy in Washington State as well as WY-MT-ID. A member of Wildlife Cmmsn. who opposed spring wolf hunt attacked by hunters for making cmmsn. “off balance” & “disenfranchising” hunting. So he resigned. All surveys show that in WA as well as conservative states, supporters for wolves FAR EXCEEDS small #’s of rancher-slob hunters who want to kill them but these extremist grps. dominate state wildlife policies anyway. Haaland’s FWS could do something about this but so far, she’s fully following Bernhardt’ trophy-slob hunter policy approach so don’t hold breath waiting for her to do something. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/15/wash-wildlife-commissioner-resigns-over-politicized-quagmire-284339 #281: New Boss (Biden) policies same as “old boss” (Trump). Biden’s Forest Service approves rail thru “roadless” Utah National Forest. The rail would destroy up to 2100 feet of Forest—more than most roads! Why? Biden’s panicked about gas prices & will now do ANYTHING that placates oil industry & quiet public concerns about them. Biden & his Admin. have now demonstrated that conservation & environmental are the least of thewir priorities. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/15/biden-admin-backs-oil-rail-through-roadless-forest-area-284289 #280: DeSantis & FL Dept of Health: Refuses to provide data on COVID—aggregate data that would not compromise any individuals. Why? Because cowardly & politico DeSantis won’t allow any info out that shows how stupid his anti-vac & anti-mask policies are. These are data that should be public property & necessary for informed discussion of state health policies. Keeping silent about them is criminal & anti-transparency. But that’s what DeSantis is all about. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/14/floridians-kept-in-the-dark-on-omicron-state-health-officials-say-little-about-cases/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=b571ba82-c213-46e2-acc7-c96bc56f1f2f #279: Reasons that demonstrate DeSantis is an incompetent & not qualified for ANY elective office: (1) He banned vaccine and mask mandates that protect citizens; (2) He penalized school district that had mandates to protect their children & now is refunding them the $ because he knows he was in the wrong; (3) He is wasting taxpayer dollars setting up an unneeded state army. We need to get rid of him before he does more harm. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/13/following-federal-scrutiny-fl-education-officials-returned-878000-to-certain-local-school-boards/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e63a5fbb-7a56-40b3-bf9b-0827ee282024 #278: Proof we need MORE MONUMENTS: Utah’s Arches Nat. Park is now requiring timed visits b/c of huge increase in visitors over last decade which mirrors increases in popularity of other parks & monuments. This proves that we need MORE parks & monuments, not fewer. But Utah’s state politicos are nevertheless trying to cut Bears Ears Monument b/c small group of ranchers-energy industry want to exploit the lands. & Chief Justice Roberts has encouraged them. Truth is that over last century, the Antiquities Act has enabled the creation of the largest monuments that the public wants because it DOESN’T require Congressional approval. Right-wing industry senators like Mike Lee et al. never want lands-profits taken away from their favorite campaign contributors. Only the Antiquities Act allows avoidance of these stooges. Even a Republican President like GW Bush created a major monument—of course, Jackass Trump only tried to destroy them. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/13/utahs-arches-to-require-timed-tickets-as-visitation-swells-284223 #277: DeSantis: hires U of F Chair of Bd of Trustees who “won’t waste money” on professors who speak truth to power—DeSantis & he only tolerate toadies. So much for DeSantis qualifications to be president—he couldn’t handle a kindergarten. https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/13/listen-you-u-f-brainiacs-our-wise-governor-will-let-you-know-what-to-think/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=185f9599-5a07-45ee-960d-036c527c39ed #276: Bipartisan U.S. GAO report shows that BLM’s “stakeholders” (i.e., BLM’s true bosses) are happy with BLM’s mgmnt. BLM does not calculate costs of administering leasing oil-gas despite changes such as online applications that have required more staff and time. BLM doesn’t recover ANY costs at all of processing them unless lease actually done which only happens 16% of the time! BLM could charge nom. fees to discourage “frivolous” noms. but BLM’s philosophy is to make industry happy—instead they charge the unrecovered costs to taxpayers. See U.S. General Accountability Office. (2021). OIL AND GAS LEASING BLM Should Update Its Guidance and Review Its Fees Accessible Version Report to Congressional Requesters. GAO-22-103968 https://www.gao.gov/assets/720/717469.pdf #275: Haaland to Western governors: ‘We need you.” Do we need Govs. like Gianforte (cowardly killer of illegally trapped wolf), & Wy's Mark Gordon who wants to end protections for grizzlies & cut sage grouse habitat, &sheepherder Brad Little whose State is enabling every slob hunting device they can to kill most of the wolves in the state. When Haaland made this statement, Gordon asked for "direct line" on endangered species decisions. Based on FWS’s & BLM’s recent decisions, he doesn’t need it—they are doing whatever the rulers of these states (i.e., energy & ranching industries & slob hunters) want. We need these governors—alright—to be kicked out of their Offices to save conservation in their states. Right now, the Biden Administration's “conservation plan” is turning into Trump’s 2.0. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/10/haaland-to-western-governors-we-need-you-284179 #274: Biden’s Forest Service serves ranchers. First approves removal of sheep from area supposed to protect wildlife like grizzlies but then lets cattle graze area! No difference between Trump’s & Biden’s FS when it comes to conservation—ranchers rule both. See#274 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog #273: DeSantis proves self phony over & over again. To spend 270 Million on flood resilience but jackass refuses to mention climate change. Wastes millions on building his own army. What more evidence do we need to kick his sorry butt out of office? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/10/fla-gop-ignores-climate-in-calls-for-flood-resilience-cash-284146 #272: BLM fires whistleblower trying to protect migratory birds. FWS alreadyhad fired whistleblower trying to protect Florida panthers—overturned by courts. Republicans must be gleeful—FWS-BLM & FS are all following same industry first policy that Trump’s did. When is environmental community going to start protesting Biden cowardly FWS-BLM-FS? FWS did a few obvious things like migratory bird treaty but most of their panders to ranchers & Repub. govs & congresspeople, not environmentalists who voted for Biden. See https://wyofile.com/blm-fires-critical-environmental-analyst-on-second-try/ & https://www.peer.org/federal-court-vindicates-panther-whistleblower/ #271: Another FL attack on Endangered Wildlife: To please developers, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission waives rules so that gopher tortoises can be moved more than 100 miles from home. They’ve already done their best to develop endangered panthers thru developments. They’ve already allowed wetlands to be destroyed thru phony “elsewhere mitigation” that usually fails if it takes place at all. In FL, developers rule—forget about nature under phony so-called “environmentalist” DeSantis. Whenever profits conflict with wildlife, developers win. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/09/waiving-rules-for-moving-florida-gopher-tortoises-helps-only-developers/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=5e6fde87-d0b7-4a7a-b02f-fd6a25bfd041 #270: DeSantis: He’s going to avoid “left wing” words like climate change! So FL shouldn’t prepare for ocean rise?! How did this idiot get into Yale & Harvard?! Yes, b/c he’s a total phony—even bigger phony than Trump! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/07/avoiding-words-climate-change-desantis-says-global-warming-concerns-involve-left-wing-stuff/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8003e696-ad6f-4f6e-9d6d-612543304664 #269: FWS & Florida decide to feed starving manatees but did they notice FL Repubs want to okay destruction of sea grass—with promise that loss will be “mitigated” just like wetlands mitigation that NEVER happens! See #265 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog & https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/12/07/manatees-florida-feeding-program/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_environment__alert-hse&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWE3MGJjODA5YmJjMGYxY2U0MDI3ZTVmIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8yMDIxLzEyLzA3L21hbmF0ZWVzLWZsb3JpZGEtZmVlZGluZy1wcm9ncmFtLz91dG1fc291cmNlPWFsZXJ0JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXdwX25ld3NfYWxlcnRfcmV2ZXJlJmxvY2F0aW9uPWFsZXJ0JndwbWs9MSZ3cGlzcmM9YWxfZW52aXJvbm1lbnRfX2FsZXJ0LWhzZSJ9.G3vdKcHd_LF1ckZQBeCgmVvbGwX8edDuqHztV2X-0VE #268: Biden Forest Serv. okays slaughter of bison b/c they’re “overgrazing the land” causing starvation for “other animals”—i.e., Welfare Ranchers’ cattle grazing. Lame excuse? Brucellosis which has NEVER been cause of transmission from bison to cattle! See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/us/yellowstone-bison-hunt-brucellosis.html?referringSource=articleShare #267: Somebody’s killing grizzlies in Idaho & a few Idahoans express shock but Idaho along with MT & WY want to delist grizzlies & allow killing them like they’re doing to wolves so this outrage is phony. Only Fed. protection prevents open slob hunting like this. Idaho's pandering to slob hunters of wolves & desire to delist grizzlies encourages such outrages. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/11/30/grizzly-bear-fremont-county/? utm_campaign=wp_must_reads&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_mustreads&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F356f03f%2F61ab73679d2fdab56bb28e14%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F29%2F100%2F61ab73679d2fdab56bb28e14 #266: Florida Repubs. aiming to destroy sea grass like they have FL wetlands with bill that authorizes 1st time wetland “mitigation banks” for submerged lands. Read Pittman’s Paving Paradise to see how this works: Good seagrass will be destroyed w/promises to restore in other areas—as with wetlands, it won’t happen & it’s occurring when manatees are dying due to lack of nutrition caused by runoffs! “Environmental governor” DeSantis won’t put up with this, will he?!! BS! Read Craig Pittman’s book, Paving Paradise U of FL Press, 2009 for detailed proof of “mitigation” fiasco. Neither State nor Fed. agencies monitored or enforced promise mitigations. See https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzGllMGjXCvFHXKgVbGwnMDJRHZB #265: BLM is considering restoring cattle to arsonist Hammond’s Fed. permit area in Oregon-their actions inspired Bundy-led attack on Malheur Nat. Wildlife Refuge. Why would Biden Admin. seriously consider doing this? In fact, what is happening with respect to Cliven Bundy—the welfare rancher who hasn’t paid fees (which are inadequate to cover the costs for these welfare ranchers.) When the hell is accountability going to come to this clown who has threatened BLM & other Fed. workers regularly? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/03/blm-considering-grazing-permits-on-former-hammond-allotments-283909 #264: Bighorn sheep #s are way down in Hart Mountain Nat. Antelope Range. Federal studies show main causes of decline: climate change-high temps & spread of plants like Juniper caused by “intensive livestock” usage. How to solve problem? Kill cougars who kill a small # of them. Don’t do anything about underlying causes of climate or livestock usage. Great to see FWS knows their priorities—keep livestock owners happy. See Fed. Rpt on true causes at https://www.fs.fed.us › rmrs_2008_rowland_m001 & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/12/03/feds-shoot-the-cougars-save-the-bighorn-sheep-283895 #263: WY ID & MT want to delist grizzlies b/c Fed Interagency Comm. says there’s big increase in #s even though this was a “paper increase” due to change in assumptions. & these states claim“management in best placed in states”! Yes, that’s right, they want to do to grizzlies what ID & MT are doing to wolves. In western state lingo, “the MINIMUM # of grizzlies (or wolves) est. by Feds is the SAME as the MAXIMUM # the state will tolerate since these state’s wildlife orgs are run by ranchers & slob hunters. E.G. MT’s gov., Gianforte, was convicted of illegally trapping & killing a wolf. Sad thing is that Biden’s Interior Dept with Gary Frazier just loves these state agencies. See https://wyofile.com/wyo-approves-tri-state-grizzly-hunting-pact-in-delisting-push/ #262: Carrying Capacity Problem: Manatees or Humans with Boats? More than 1000 manatees are dying due to loss of sea grass caused by humans. Solution? American Watercraft Asso. says it’s because manatees have exceeded their carrying capacity & need to have excess manatees die! How many boats would exceed carrying capacity for manatee water areas? Yep, there’s no limit on humans & their playthings—only other creatures. Note: This problem is occurring in FL where DeSantis brags about his evmntal record—he NEVER does anything that will threaten sig human interest—quite the contrary—allows destruction of wetlands every chance he gets. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/12/02/feds-dragging-their-feet-on-a-plan-to-feed-starving-florida-manatees/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=2ec00a10-b9f4-451e-9a6a-d79bc1bc039d #261: Biden-Haaland Shame: Ryan Zinke’s first act was to overturn ban on lead bullets in Nat. Parks estab. by Obama’s Sec. Interior, Dan Ashe. Haaland just EXPANDED use of lead bullets to MORE national parks. What the hell is going on? #261 https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog Slob hunters rule Biden’s Interior Dept. The data on harm from lead ammo is clear. See p37-38 in my book, Industry First: Trump’s Interior Department’s Attack on Conservation https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 for details #260: Wow, Gary Frazier must still be in charge of hunter-style Interior conservation since Bernhardt’s plan to expand hunting in so-called wildlife REFUGES is now being implemented by Biden. FWS assures us lead bullets “anticipated to be low”—let’s hear how they figured that out. As I have pointed out before, no. of people who want to hunt in wildlife refuges continues to drop while # who want to WATCH wildlife grows. But Biden’s Interior is still dominated by those who kowtow to tiny # of slob hunters. Like Trump, Biden sees main purpose of REFUGES to be to make hunters happy—not provide a refuge for wildlife. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/11/29/greens-sue-to-block-expanded-hunting-on-wildlife-refuges-283682 #259: Hope vs Political Reality: Biden Ad. proposes royalty increases for drilling fed. lands but omits mention of including climate impact in NEPA reviews. Grilling & ordeal of Biden Interior nominees by Cong. oil lackeys had its intended effect. Only small incremental changes will be made—until immediate disaster strikes that’s so huge it can’t be ignored. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/climate/climate-change-drilling-public-lands.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20211127&instance_id=46450&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=75510&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #258: Recently Trump’s corrupt Interior Sec., David Bernhardt, said Office of Special Counsel’s report proved he did not violate the Hatch Act. Here’s what the OSC report actually said: "Secretary Bernhardt tweeted a video entitled “President Trump’s Conservation Record” that appeared to be little more than a campaign ad focused on the administration’s first-term conservation accomplishments…the DOI video…was based upon an op-ed whose purpose OSC concludes was to promote President Trump’s reelection—go beyond what OSC intended [i.e. legal behavior] … Moreover, the OSC Report also stated: "DOI attorneys were not asked to review the video until the day it was scheduled to be released. They raised concerns about both the timing and content of the post, but a DOI political appointee insisted that the timing—one week before the election—was coincidental and that the video was intended to promote DOI’s work rather than President Trump’s candidacy." Note: The DOI Attorneys in top positions such as Daniel Jorjani themselves committed repeated ethical violations as detailed in Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 See Office of Special Counsel's Report Pp.50-52 in https://osc.gov/Documents/Hatch%20Act/Reports/Investigation%20of%20Political%20Activities%20by%20Senior%20Trump%20Administration%20Officials%20During%20the%202020%20Presidential%20Election.pdf #257: Utah accommodates water contamination by uranium mill next to Ute Mountain Reservation. Indeed, More than 90% of all mills are on or near reservations. That’s fine with Utah politicos—as long as the danger is near Native Americans & not them. Now Utah may approve import of radioactive waste from Estonia. You can be sure they wouldn’t dream of allowing this near Mormon-dominated areas. Pollution is fine as long as it’s in native American/minority areas. See https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.11/indigenous-affairs-nuclear-energy-the-nations-last-uranium-mill-plans-to-import-estonias-radioactive-waste?utm_source=wcn1 #256: DeSantis “environmentalism” killing Manatees: More than 1000 died this year due to polluted water runoff from agric., sewage, & developments. Don’t expect cowardly DeSantis to do anything about these forces—they are his supporters! So much for his bragging about being an environmentalist—when conservation conflicts w/human profits, wildlife will die if DeSantis is in charge. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/11/18/fla-tops-1-000-manatee-deaths-in-grim-single-year-record-283397 #255: Good riddance! Gosar losing his seat on House Natural Resources Committee! This yahoo who has been major opponent of wildlife conservation & End. Species Act did nothing but hamper Committee’s efforts to conserve. Couldn’t happen to a worse guy! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/11/17/gosar-to-lose-seats-on-natural-resources-oversight-panels-283325 #254: DeSantis & his crackpot followers: they want to forbid mandates that protect the public from COVID—they object to rules that cover “everyone”—Wow—rules that protect other humans from irresponsible individuals infecting them with disease that has killed tens of thousands! DeSantis & other crackpots like him are clear & present danger not just to public health but threaten anyone who dares to stand up against their craziness. We need get rid of DeSantis menace the next election! See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/11/16/conspiracy-theories-run-rampant-during-testimony-on-desantis-vax-mandate-ban/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a97d77a6-edd2-4824-a0af-9f392a0c8daa #253: DeSantis proves worthy successor to Trump: He’s giving $ to workers who refused to get vaccinated but refused to help those who lost job involuntarily to COVID often caused by unvaccinated! He’s an A1-A-Hole just like his hero, Trump. See https://floridaphoenix.com/2021/11/11/a-remarkable-precedent-fl-republicans-want-to-pay-workers-who-refuse-to-submit-to-vaccine-mandates/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=c25f80ae-1256-4e83-b5ed-e94a8ce109de #252: Aurelia Skipwith: A Disgrace to USFWS. Read how she & Bernhardt took away critical habitat from spotted owl, ignoring FWS scientists, arguing it was okay because though it was likely owl would go extinct, it wasn’t certain! See https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/owl-habitat-cuts-trump-appointees-faulty-science-81056783?emci=390153ad-4e42-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&emdi=7d286057-ef42-ec11-9820-c896653b26c8&ceid=326118 #251: How the Hell did Office of Special Counsel not Convict Bernhardt of Hatch Act Violations? Here are the facts: The Department of Interior gave Trump’s White House use of National Monuments and the National Park Service for his political campaign gratis—that is the public, not Trump or the Republican party pays. Here is what they did: The National Park produced a video touting President Trump. The video shows Trump saluting at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota and speaking at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. It also includes footage of first lady Melania Trump and Interior Secretary David Bernhardt from their visit to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming last October, along with shots of Yellowstone, the Grand Canyon and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in West Potomac Park, next to the National Mall. Amid the scenic shots, the video opens with the capitalized words: "PRESIDENT TRUMP CALLED ON CONGRESS TO PROTECT OUR NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL LANDS FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. The video, which the Interior Department posted on Facebook, clearly violates the federal Antideficiency Act, which prohibits the use of federal funds for purposes other than those approved by Congress, but the Park Service refused to say how much they spent on the video and they stated that the video had been approved by "career ethics and general law officials" before it was posted. Informally, ethics officials said the Hatch Act was a local Washington, D.C. “thing” and nobody cared about it. Undoubtedly Interior’s IG and Ethics staff will come up with some creative lying to justify these illegal actions! In the final week before the 2020 election, Bernhardt’s Interior took another illegal action. Interior Official Twitter account posted a video saluting “Trump’s historic feats” along with “jaunty music and images of Trump signing Great American Outdoor Act.” Former Obama Administration officials stated that this was clearly a violation of the Hatch Act. What was the response of Trump’s Interior? If you guessed that they retorted that “their career ethics lawyers” approved it, you now understand Trump’s Interior perfectly (Yachnin and Cama, Oct. 28, 2020)! Then Trump’s Interior went on to brag about their tripling of Ethics officials! The problem is that although the ethics staff tripled in number, unethical and illegal actions by top staff quadrupled during the same period! Source: Pp. 56-57 in Bruce Rocheleau, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department. https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ & https://www.eenews.net/articles/federal-watchdog-trump-doe-chief-violated-hatch-act/ #250: DeSantis phony denials: Says he didn’t interfere with blocking UF professor testimony. But UF says blocking due to “conflict of interest with executive branch” (i.e. DeSantis!)—UF correctly fear DeSantis will punish it for telling truth about DeSantis war to prevent truthful facts being presented to Court over anti-minority voting law changes. DeSantis chum in charge of its Bd of Trustees & does DeSantis bidding. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/04/us/florida-professors-lawsuit.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20211105&instance_id=44648&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=73598&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #249: Poo from whales absorbs lots of carbon so expanding whale pops would help climate crisis—goal should not be just to “sustain” minimum pops necessary for survival. By way of contrast, “Poo” ideas to minimize action on climate from Republicans (& Joe Manchin) are just BS! See https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2021/11/poo-from-the-worlds-largest-animals-have-a-stunning-affect-on-ocean-ecosystems-and-even-carbon-capture/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=poo-from-the-worlds-largest-animals-have-a-stunning-affect-on-ocean-ecosystems-and-even-carbon-capture #248: Read great article on how big majority of Wyoming residents believe in climate change & accounts of how it’s destroying the quality of life of its residents. But, the state’s senators & representatives not only continue to oppose any remedies but are all in support of fossil-fuel & ranching industries that are contributing to the change & thus destroying their lives! Only in Republican-dominated western states can this paradoxical stupidity exist! See https://wyofile.com/wyo-residents-observe-a-changing-climate-and-quality-of-life/ #247: Welfare ranchers want to win credit for protecting public lands under 30x30—& have their permits extended to 20 years! Lots of evidence their livestock, fences, roads, etc. have degraded public lands especially riparian areas crucial to wildlife and the meager permit fees don’t cover the costs incurred by the Federal government (not to mention harm to the environment). Their proposals are the epitome of “gall”! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/11/01/could-conservation-plan-prompt-tougher-grazing-oversight-282543 #246: Judges forcing BLM & USFS to reexamine project impact on end. species. This is great reminder that 2 major factors in saving species have been: Federal Courts&ESA that FORCES politically weak agencies like FS & BLM to confront powerful forces & Antiquities Act that allows presidents to preserve lands-waters w/o Congress. W/O these 2 forces, species & protected areas would be MUCH tinier & fewer. Problem: With Trump judges, legal protections are endangered too! I have covered these themes in my Wildlife Politics book (Cambridge, 2017) in detail. See https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #245: DeSantis likes to brag that despite being a Trumpite, he also protects evmnt b/c that’s important issue to Florida voters. But Craig Pitman has documented how for every positive action he takes, he does equally or worse destructive actions for evmnt. See https://floridaphoenix.com/author/craig-pittman/ #244: Hypocrisy 101: Republicans are constantly criticizing Biden Admin.’s pause on drilling, saying how harmful it is. But Florida Republicans are demanding 10-year offshore drilling ban. What can you say about these hypocrites?! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/27/fla-lawmakers-renew-calls-for-10-year-offshore-drilling-ban-282445 #243: Trophy hunter harm: Some claim trophy hunters contribute to conservation but research on tuskless elephants & “big horn” sheep changing to small horns shows that these rapid evol. changes harm both species & their chances for survival. Yet trophy hunters dominate many state wildlife dept policies—time to end their influence! See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/21/science/tuskless-elephants-evolution.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20211026&instance_id=43784&nl=science-times®i_id=10365419&segment_id=72657&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 & https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/eva.12358 #242: Williams named to head FWS. Sen. Daines likes her!--due to her proposed delisting of gray wolves—but at least she isn’t a grad of Dow Chem & lobbyist like Skipwith was! Maybe she is now enlightened & will clamp down on Gary Frazier's obeisance to ranchers-hunters? See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/22/white-house-taps-martha-williams-to-head-fws-282300 #241: Trophy Hunters & Poachers have achieved success: They have altered elephants in Mozambique so they no longer have big tusks! Trophy hunters often claim they are “helping species” they hunt—I guess this is an example of that! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/22/why-no-tusks-poaching-tips-scales-of-elephant-evolution-282296 #240: Laugh of Day: Ryan Zinke on protests at Interior: “Never under my watch would such blatant lawlessness…permitted.” Zinke had to resign b/c of multiple ethical scandals involving favors for developers & MGM Intl, etc. Bush Ethics head said she couldn’t recall anyone “having as many different problems.” His first action as Sec. Interior was to allow lead bullets in Nat. Parks. He lied about facts used to cut Bears Ears. Now this A-hole is running for Congress! Of course, he fits in perfectly with Gov. Gianforte the coward who illegally trapped then shot wolf. See https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/us/ryan-zinkes-legal-troubles.html & Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #239: Congrats to Forest Service—pushed by CBD finally promise to stop welfare cattle from ruining riparian areas—albeit in one small but important Az site. Of course, cattle are doing similar damage on millions of other acres. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/14/forest-service-to-oust-trespass-cattle-from-ariz-waterways-281952 #238: Biden’s USDA working well together with Idaho Fish & Game to kill most wolves—FWS & IFG complement each other’s killing attempts. Congrats to USDA’s Moffitt for helping these welfare ranchers! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/12/idaho-reaches-deal-to-reimburse-hunters-who-kill-wolves-281821 #237: Biden USDA’s Moffitt, Undersecretary of Regulatory Progs. Authorized Fed. killing of wolf pack at same time Idaho's aiming to kill 90% of state’s wolves. She says this is “humane & legal.” She’s working with FWS’s Gary Frazier to keep public range welfare ranchers happy. Wonder if she’s read about harm done by public range cattle such as by George Wuerthner, Debra Donahue, and Lynn Jacobs? She’s knows organic gardening but nothing about endangered species! With Moffitt & Frazier in place, no difference between Trump & Biden when it comes to public range ranchers & wolves. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/10/11/wolves-killed-idaho-usda/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F34f3a07%2F61655ca99d2fda9d410b0106%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F56%2F69%2F61655ca99d2fda9d410b0106 #236: Wow, Biden Admin. going to count all evmtal impacts including INDIRECT & CUMULATIVE! Trump’s Industry-Interior chumps didn’t want to count the latter two—part of their science be damned if it hurts industry campaign! https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/06/white-house-outlines-plan-to-overhaul-trump-nepa-rules-281652 #235: In my book, Wildlife Politics (Cambridge, 2017) & online article The Politics of State Wildlife Management: Why Anti-Conservation Forces Usually Win” I discuss how state wildlife boards are dominated by farmers-ranchers-hunters & thus wildlife are targeted for shooting. Usually, state wildlife agencies blindly follow dictates of their Boards but Wisconsin DNR is cutting quota for killing wolves to 130 (from 300). Hunters & farmers complain when public (e.g., thru elections) prevents hunts/trapping saying decision should be left to “biologists”—not ballot box. In Wisconsin, this has been reversed with Repubs. & Bd. refusing to let wildlife mgrs. manage & even more outrageously, Bd. Head refuses to step down at end of his term & has gotten away with it b/c Wis. Repubs. let him stay. Solution: Make Wisconsin Republicans an endangered species! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/05/wis-wildlife-agency-defies-board-reduces-fall-wolf-quota-281584 For details of politics of state wildlife agencies, see my article at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/papers-on-wildlife-conservation.html #234: Wyoming Republicans are worried about harm to sage grouse habitat—from wild horses! They don’t give a damn about much greater harm from oil-gas industry or cattle! & they want Arapaho to open dog food plant using slaughtered wild horses b/c they can “get away with it!” See https://wyofile.com/wild-horse-advocates-cry-foul-on-cusp-of-enormous-roundup-removal/ #233: You can ALWAYS count on Montana Repubs. to try to kill endangered species—whether wolves, grizzlies, or bison. Sen. Daines now angry that Forest Serv. isn’t cutting enough trees due to ruling they must be careful to protect end. species. How dare Courts protect other species?! Daines, however, isn’t concerned at all about underlying causes of climate change—i.e., him and his industry pals! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/04/forest-service-faces-new-pressure-to-boost-timber-harvests-281551 #232: How dominant is industry over Interior & BLM specifically? Dems. are now trying to make change to 1872 law that exploit public lands with NO ROYALTY charged! And Repubs. said needed to move BLM West to get closer to “stakeholders” when Industry “stakeholders” wrote the law that governs BLM! It’s outrageous but lasted for 149 yrs.! Industry now wants more—to be “incentivized” to do more exploitation! This is chutzpah—but I wouldn’t bet against these creeps! See ttps://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/04/senate-committee-to-consider-1872-mining-law-changes-281447 #231: Biggest Laugh of Day: Repub. Sens. Risch & Lee say they “can’t believe one word that Stone-Manning will say.” They believed everything Bernhardt & Pendley said who have been proven liars about BLM move West & other key issues & who also REFUSED to allow ANY OVERSIGHT by House NR Committee-they never provided docs. requested! How phony can these Republicans be? 100%! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/10/01/5-challenges-facing-stone-manning-as-blms-new-director-281494 & pp. 93-101 of Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #230: Biden FWS Asst. Sec. Estenoz just said they will use “commonsense approach to regulating the incidental take of migratory birds.” What does that mean? Same as Trump’s FWS: who wanted “commonsense solutions” because “costs of protecting wildlife should not burden industry”—they wanted to kill mig. birds, cormorants that ate aquaculture & allowed “common sense regs.” to sell alligator parts! Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose! See Rocheleau, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department, pp. 123-124. https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/30/feds-hatch-notion-of-permits-to-kill-migratory-birds-281432 #229: Slob Hunters strike again! Slob hunters in Wy, Wi, & Id are already planning to kill as many wolves as they can get away with. Now slob hunters in NC are poised to extinguish red wolves. Majority of NC citizens & even NC hunters support wolves but small group ready to kill every last one (only 7 left!). https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/28/a-few-poachers-could-drive-red-wolves-to-extinction-281285 #228: Biden BLM to count lands grazed by cattle-sheep as “conservation protected.” Too bad facts prove that most public grazed lands have been destroyed by grazing. Well, at least, BLM is protected the lands from thousands of wild horses while millions of cattle-sheep do harm. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/28/biden-officials-grazing-lands-should-count-for-conservation-goals-281312 #227: Interior drilling way down but “observers say not clear Biden’s to blame!” Blame?! Less drilling is what is called for! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/27/interior-oil-drilling-approvals-take-a-dive-281177 #226: BLM to roundup wild horses to “sustainable level” so that ranchers can have unlimited #’s of cattle to replace them! Great move! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/27/blm-to-conduct-massive-wyo-wild-horse-roundup-281225 #225: Model to Achieve 30 by 30 & conservation: Several models have been put forth to preserve biodiversity with emphasis on cooperation & local leadership. But truth is that most effective action as demonstrated by U.S. is judicial model: pass strong law to protect species (e.g., End. Species Act) & have judges enforce it—no endless watering down & compromises for the powerful. Of course, if judiciary becomes filled with Trumpites, won’t continue to work but up till now, it’s the major reason behind U.S. conservation successes. See https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19092021/rights-of-nature-legal-movement/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=3b66ed7d8c-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3b66ed7d8c-328621596 #224: Will DeSantis take action to save manatees? Unlike many Repubs. he has emphasized evmnt. But water pollution due to fertilizers caused by agric. & dev. is extinguishing sea grass needed by them. Trump’s FWS delisted them in rush to help dev. pals. Let’s see what cowardly DeSantis does when faced with tough choice. See https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12092021/florida-manatee-starvation/?utm_source=InsideClimate+News&utm_campaign=3b66ed7d8c-&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_29c928ffb5-3b66ed7d8c-328621596 #223: Federal Courts still major vehicle to save species. Biden Admin. FWS followed Trump in wanting to deny ESA protection for Joshua tree. Why? Many staffers like Gary Frazier still pander to Repubs in western states—that’s their main concern, not conservation. So FWS caves but ESA language is strong so that judges (in this case GW Bush appointee) save the species that FWS willing to sacrific. Unfortunately, horde of Trump appointed Fed. judges looming & no doubt discount ESA protections. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/22/court-orders-feds-to-reconsider-protections-for-joshua-trees-280930 #222: Col. Gov. Polis trying to stop Grand Canyon bison kill that NPS is sponsoring but key point is this incident shows that NPS under Biden continues to pander to public range ranchers despite exhaustive research that shows they do not contribute sig. to economy/meat market & that their cattle destroy habitat & cost far more than tiny fees charged (& of course, many like Bundy don’t even pay these tiny fees). George Wuerthner’s Welfare Ranching, Debra Donahue's Western Grazing: The Capture of Grass, Ground, and Government” & Lynn Jacobs Waste of the West have exhaustively & clearly proven the folly of handing over valuable land to those spoiled bozos but this tiny group continues to dominate Dem. Administrations as they have Republicans. When will this madness come to an end? See The Politics of State Wildlife Management: Why Anti-Conservation Forces Usually Win. by Bruce Rocheleau at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/papers-on-wildlife-conservation.html for full details & references. #221: Read excellent article on lead still being imminent threat to survival of California Condors. Non-lead bullets are not expensive but most western states don’t require their use. Zinke’s pandering to lead ammo industry proves his unworthiness to serve in Congress. See https://rewilding.org/grand-canyon-condors-still-imperiled-by-lead/ #220: Big news is BLM returns to DC but excuse for moving in 1st place was ridiculous from start—i.e., to get “closer to their stakeholders!” In my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior (pp. 93-102), I show how public range ranchers in effect have run BLM in the West forever—esp. during Trump Admin. BLM employees in order to get promoted had to prove their allegiance to ranchers & were disciplined or fired if they ever ruled against them. Who is underrepresented in BLM: Native Americans & any citizens who believe that conservation should be a priority. See https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/17/blm-returns-headquarters-to-dc-280747 #219: Proof that Selfish interests win out over strong majority support of conservation. Scientific survey of western state residents found 73 percent support restoring protections for threatened species under the Endangered Species Act that were removed. But their state pols acted just the opposite & over 80 % support more monuments, wildlife refuges & protected areas at same time that top politicos squawk about 30X30. They know that the silent majority will not vote on these issues & they can get away with making their pals happy at expense of environment. See https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/stateoftherockies/conservationinthewest/2021/ #218: How many animals on public land are too many?! It depends—it you’re talking about cattle/sheep—there is NO LIMIT. If you’re talking about bison (or wolves, grizzlies), 0 is desirable # if you’re an A-hole like Paul Gosar. See Matthew Scully on plan to kill bison in Grand Canyon. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/16/opinion/Hunt-bison-Grand-Canyon-National-Park.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20210917&instance_id=40622&nl=opinion-today®i_id=10365419&segment_id=69164&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #217: USFWS cherishes their so-called “partnership” with state wildlife depts but western Repub. states have proven to be willing to support killing any species that irks ranchers& slob hunters. Wy. Gov. Gordon now wants to remove protections for grizzlies. This on top of the all out slob hunting attacks on wolves shows FWS should immediately rethink their "partnership assumption" & view these depts. as the opponent, not partner, in conservation—they’re not committed to conservation but to whatever ranchers&slob hunters want. See https://www.wyofile.com/gordon-wyoming-will-petition-feds-for-grizzly-delisting/ #216: Congrats to BLM for withdrawing permit for cattle to cross threatened tortoise habitat. But brings up issue of how cattle are given privileges to Fed. land when cattle on Federal property are low producing & unimportant to nation’s supply while at same time doing huge damage to public lands. They have gotten away with it for a century due to political power of small group of wealthy, privileged welfare ranchers & time to stop these harmful giveaways. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/16/blm-withdraws-decision-to-allow-cattle-in-tortoise-habitat-280684 #215: Reports says FWS may impose wolf protections—that were taken away by Gary Frazier JUST ONE YEAR AGO! Shows what a fraud Frazier is & why he should be fired immediately. He just loves those Western state wildlife depts. & their slob hunting! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/16/feds-consider-reinstating-gray-wolf-protections-280670 #214: U.S. fans of wildlife killing contests should admire Faroe Islanders: They use “it’s important local custom” excuse to kill 1500 dolphins using speed boats/water scooters—yes, just like the technology of their ancient ancestors! Goes to show cowardly slob hunters exist everywhere! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/09/15/1500-dolphins-slaughtered-faroe-islands/?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F34adea0%2F6141c4399d2fdaecb9d9ce11%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F46%2F67%2F6141c4399d2fdaecb9d9ce11 #213: Ranking Repub. Westerman (R-Ariz.) lambasts Civ. Climate Corps (CCC) saying that his “grandfather told him how terrible & backbreaking FDR’s CC work was.” His grandpa must have been a superwimp! My father during Depression worked for CC & loved it & it helped support his parents & sisters thru the depths of the Depression. Rep. Bentz (Ore.) asked “why would people do hard dirty work for just $15 an hour!? Wow, this Republican admits that $15 is low pay for hard manual labor! Listen to these wimps who are supposed to belong to party that demands hard work--their comments show what phonies they are! Use these idiots’ words against them in the next election! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/09/03/natural-resources-reconciliation-markup-goes-into-overtime-280242 #212: Wisconsin wolf policies can’t be changed by Dem. Governor because Repub. legislature refuses to confirm appointment so that wolf extinction policies advocated by Safari Club can be continued. These are the people that Gary Frazier is seeking to please! Why is Safari Club so involved? Too many wolves mean they will have to work harder to get kills! See https://www.npr.org/2021/08/20/1029854797/biden-gray-wolves-endangered-species-protections-hunting?emci=efba3be4-c305-ec11-b563-501ac57bf4cb&emdi=eb2da028-6506-ec11-981f-501ac57ba3ed&ceid=326118 #211: Gary Frazier is USFWS Director for “Ecological Services”—so his top priority is to protect species—right? Wrong! his role in Trump & now Biden Admin. is to placate hunters, ranchers, & hostile Repubs. in West who hate wolves. He says that if “wolves are put back on path to extinction” due to recent laws to allow slob hunting & annihilation goals of West states, Frazier says that Feds. “COULD” take steps to protect them! This is the guy whose priority is to save species??! With “protectors” like Frazier, wolves don’t need enemies! What possible reason is there for this guy who toadied to Bernhardt & Skipwith to remain in Biden Ad.? Only reason I can conceive is political. Sec. Haaland: please get rid of him or your reputation as a conservation advocate will be harmed. See https://www.khq.com/regional/biden-backs-end-to-wolf-protections-but-hunting-worries-grow/article_80cd3405-54ba-5dca-9a9d-ab1c6ca8542c.html & https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/533954-endangered-species-rollback-early-pushback-trump-administration-emails-show #210: Why Haaland should fire Gary Frazier immediately. When Bernhardt blocked release of scientific report that showed hazards of pesticides to wildlife & called for tighter restrictions, Frazier, whose job is to protect species, said the policy was "NOT politically driven” & Bernhardt didn’t have to “twist arms” (i.e., Frazier’s) to get agreement.” What more evidence do we need to prove he has NO part in Admin. supposed to be FOR conservation. See p. 62-63 in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior” https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #209: Gary Frazier, USFWS Asst. Director's logic??? He’s supporting ending ESA protections for gray wolves but admits that Idaho, Mt, & WI. moves to annihilate wolves is “concerning.” This is the guy whose priority is to protect endangered species?! Frazier fit perfectly into Trump’s but Why the hell is this guy in charge in Biden’s USFWS? Get rid of him—immediately. See https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/20/biden-backs-end-wolf-protections-but-hunting-worries-grow/8214533002/ #208: Idea of trees communicating weird? Read Superweed article in NYT that shows how weeds have evolved to defeat Roundup & other herbicides w/no good herbicide solution. Long term: no cheap solutions but good practices such as rotating crops & hand-pulling weeds as many organic farms do. Humans undermine nature but evolving nature beats the crap out of humans! See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/magazine/superweeds-monsanto.html #207: Want to understand how humans are just tiny (albeit powerfully destructive) element in a fragile world? I just finished reading Richard Powers’ novel, The Overstory & loved it—it gives best sense I’ve ever read of awareness of (some) people’s commitment to nature that provides them with a cause bigger than themselves & gives meaning to their lives. #206: Optimism or Pessimism on Hope to stop climate change: Following dismal UN Report, scientists say “don’t give up” trying to prevent disaster & say there’s no tipping point. However, I am sorry to say I find Haque’s argument persuasive that “Why Nobody’s Ever Going to Do Anything About the Planet Dying.” He points out that we consumers of goods from China are the root cause & not likely to give up our goodies. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/08/13/climate-scientists-have-a-message-for-the-world-dont-give-up-279572 https://eand.co/why-nobodys-ever-going-to-do-anything-about-the-planet-dying-33ab5cbac564 #205: During Biden’s “pause” on leasing, active drilling rigs in Wyoming have tripled! Read comments by Repub. Sen. Lummis that demonstrate her mind is devoid of facts & science & full of BS. See https://www.wyofile.com/wyo-drilling-rig-count-triples-during-biden-leasing-pause/ #204: Great article by Prentice-Dunn that uses BLM data to show that oil comps. are not asking for permits despite Repub. squawking about pause and climate disasters for states like Montana whose Repub. govs. ignore need for climate legislation to prevent disaster. Refuse to allow vaccination/mask mandates that would protect others from these idiots. They remain & always will be dopes forever. See https://medium.com/westwise/despite-oil-industry-howling-companies-are-awash-in-public-lands-drilling-permits-622001bf755a #203: Read Umair’s brief but powerful analysis of the question: Does humanity Deserve to Survive? It puts in perspective how humans destroy habitat & species under the pretense that God gave us the right to do so. Of course, science proves that humans are not only descended from "animals" sharing over 90% of DNA with apes and there is no clear line that distinguishes human and animals from each other. The line in the Bible that is used to justify destruction of other species without conscience is one more outstanding example of the harm that so-called religion has done to the world. See https://eand.co/does-humanity-deserve-to-survive-5d465814d591 #202: NRA’s LaPierre’s Cowardice: NewYorker story details how they killed elephants, hyenas & used their body parts (incl. elephant toes) for personal joy remembering their kills. They got free taxidermist services to prepare their trophies. But these mighty trophy hunters were AFRAID to let ANYONE know about what they had done b/c they knew the public would be disgusted so they had their names erased & concealed. Does anyone need any further evidence that NRA is a reprehensible & cowardly org. preventing gun control & sponsoring illegal trophy hunting. See https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-the-head-of-the-nra-and-his-wife-secretly-shipped-their-elephant-trophies-home #201: Biden’s 30X30 plan: Chicago Sun Times makes great pt. that so far his Admin. achievements has only reversed cuts in protected areas by Trump but done little to EXPAND them & 9 yrs. is short time for such a goal. Time for conservationists & media to communicate to public how THE invasive species, humanity, is extinguishing fora & fauna & needs to put other species ahead of human’s selfish consumption of resources. See https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/26/22589455/president-biden-should-undo-trumps-assault-united-states-natural-wonders #200: Where are the ethical hunters? Wisconsin wolf hunt killed 1/3 of state’s wolves. Normally they can be difficult to hunt but Wolves were in the peak of their breeding season, & hunters allowed to use packs of up to six dogs, snowmobiles or ATVs. Hunters like Teddy R. were conservationists & believed in fair chase but large portion of today’s hunters are what I call slob hunters & Wyoming's governor cowardly trapped wolf & killed him, p[. When will ethical-conservationist hunters step up? Most famous hunters now are a-holes like Trump Jr. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/07/28/wolf-hunt-blew-past-its-kill-quota-february-another-hunt-is-coming-this-fall/ #199: Orange County (FL) home of Disneyland voted 89%:11% to give rights to 2 Rivers! Who says 30 by 30 is small elitist idea?! Let’s see if DeSantis who professes to be “environmentalist” supports this law. The rivers were disappearing due to human causes (nitrogen pollution) which have caused tons of wildlife kills. See https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-2-march-april/protect/florida-river-gets-rights?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter. #198: Biden’s Forest Service Again following Trump-Idaho grizzly-wolf killing policies. Using “healthy forests” exemption to log grizzly habitat. Idaho pols love nothing more than killing them & Biden’s FS is putting loggers over conservation. While Interior has been making a big turnaround, FS is acting like Trump is still in office! Idaho as you know is the state aiming to kill 90% of their wolves & Biden’s FS gets along with them just dandy! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/27/ruling-halts-federal-logging-project-in-grizzly-habitat-275708 #197: Biden’s Forest Service using Trump left-over policies! They are trying to turnover Wilderness lands to public lands rancher cows when conservationists gave $ to stop sheep ranching on these very lands! Most Biden policies have been good but apparently FS still has Trump mentality! See https://www.wyofile.com/bridger-teton-grazing-proposal-is-a-breach-of-trust/ #196: Amazing Interior IG Greenblatt & other IGs asking for subpoena power to probe ethical violations—when he tried to interview official charged with unethical behavior, former aides of official refused to cooperate. This is clearly unacceptable for anyone who wants to check on unethical/illegal swampy acts but GOP refuses b/c it would be “political?” IGs could use this against Biden Admin. right now—not just Trump Ad.! What’s the issue? Trump’s Ad. such as Interior were composed entirely of appointees who were former lobbyists & had all kinds of $ incentives to help their industry buddies while Haaland officials are from orgs. like Nat. Wild. Fed. with no $ incentives to cheat! Greenblatt et al. found several instances of unethical behavior in Trump Int. but never got any action from Interior execs who were complicit. My book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior details how Trump’s Interior successfully scorned IGs, GAO, & Congressional oversight w/o repercussions. Something HAS TO CHANGE! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/26/igs-seek-subpoena-clout-275572 & https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #195: Attention Montanans: Trout fishing threatened by drought. Don’t look to climate change deniers Gianforte, Daines, or Zinke for help—they only care about ranchers & industry & you’re losing your beloved evmnt due to them. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/23/science/drought-montana-fly-fishing.html?campaign_id=34&emc=edit_sc_20210723&instance_id=36120&nl=science-times®i_id=10365419&segment_id=64291&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #194: Sen. Daines has challenged the “credibility” of Stone-Manning. This comes from a Senator who tried to eliminate LCW funding from the budget but then got scared & supported & bragged about it when fearful of loss of election. What a coward & liar—like many of Montana’s Republicans—e.g., Gianforte illegal killer of wolves. https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/stories/1063717929/search?keyword=2020+election My book Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior provides full details on Trump Interior’s sleazy ethics https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #193: More Proof of Trump Interior’s lying/sleazy behavior! IG Rpt. just released shows senior Trump Interior political appointee met with former employers offering help with “shared priorities” but lied about it several times--IG found that employee’s calendar, emails, & witness testimony proved he had met w/them. The worst thing about this whole matter is that the behavior occurred in 2017 & this ethical misbehavior was reported in 2019 to the IG but NOTHING was done by Bernhardt or his Ethics Office & his lying is now just reported AFTER he left Interior & new Admin. has taken over. This case shows that if Sec. of Interior & his Ethics staff ignore ethics, nothing will happen to violators & Interior IGs were slow & fearful to take any action against top politicos. Only oversight by Congress would have any impact but Bernhardt refused to respond to any oversight attempts by Grijalva’s Committee. So, in effect, under corrupt leadership, nothing could be done to stop Zinke-Bernhardt’s sleaze. Read IG report at https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/21/ig-trump-interior-appointee-violated-ethics-pledge-275429 #192: Idaho wants to kill All wolves in states except Min. # to prevent Federal ESA listing. We don’t need any more proof than this to show states like Idaho are incapable of protecting end. species & why ESA should be strengthened, not weakened. See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/20/groups-idaho-wolf-law-will-cause-grizzly-bear-lynx-deaths-238131 #191: I can understand & accept why some oppose Stone-Manning for BLM head due to her (however small) involvement with tree spiking incident but her opponents were more than happy to support Pendley & others like him who had no respect at all for BLM other than to support welfare ranchers & industry. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/03/stories/1063724265?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/20/manchin-sets-vote-on-blm-nominee-expresses-support-224775 #190: Good Cancellations! Many Repubs. complain about “cancel culture” but Biden’s Interior & EPA have been reversing many disastrous Trump Admin. decisions that harmed conservation & this cancellation activity should be acclaimed! Bernhardt, Wheeler et al. spent all of their time on slimy give-aways to industry but they have a lot less to brag about to their lobby clients now! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2021/climate-environment/biden-climate-environment-actions/ & https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/19/interior-reverses-trump-position-on-sand-mining-224721 #189: Climate Skeptics-One more example of harm: Climate change is causing permafrost to thaw & is threatening integrity of the Alaska Pipeline. It seems like justice for the industry but the consequences would be a huge natural disaster for nature & humans. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-change-trans-alaska-pipeline-under-threat-from-thawing-permafrost?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #188: Where Buffalo Won’t Roam: Gianforte’s Montana. He doesn’t want bison in Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge b/c ranchers don’t want them! Ranchers decide on use of national wildlife refuges! See https://subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eenews/2021/07/14/blm-to-take-longer-look-at-contentious-mont-bison-proposal-179881 #187: E&E News Headline says Biden ESA staff very different from Trump’s! That understatement. Trump so-called “ESA staff” (e.g. Susan Combs) were ESA haters & wanted to destroy it. I detail their despicable actions in my book Biden’s staff actually are conservationists! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/07/13/stories/1063737019?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire my book Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #186: Sagebrush III: Anti-30 by 30: What are their arguments? One opposition leader is Margaret Byfield, head of “Stewards of Liberty” (Yes, definitely not stewards of nature!) says: (1) "What we're seeing is an effort to increase the restricted lands and remove the ability of local governments and states to object to federal land acquisition and throwing a lot of money at landowners to place a federal nexus on their land.” (2) Pete Ricketts, the demented Gov. of Nebraska, wants to keep the land “productive” (i.e., covered with pesticides) and now warns counties against USDA's conservation programs b/c they will “include "new environmental restrictions." Byfield’s father, E. Wayne Hage, refused to pay for grazing permits for his cattle to water on public lands.” That’s right, Byfield’s father was a welfare rancher who wanted to take public lands/water w/o paying for it. Justly he was convicted. So, that’s the face of the opposition to 30 by 30 or America the Beautiful as Biden Admin. now calls it, Governor w/o a clue & daughter of welfare rancher. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/07/12/stories/1063736805?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #185: More evidence of bad effects of most invasive species. Tire chemicals wash into waters & kill salmon. Millions of everyday ways that human species kills other species. If another species were causing these problems to humans, imagine! People complain if other species hinder them in slightest way while we kill them w/o thought. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/07/12/stories/1063736829?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #184: Some congrats to Calif. for budgeting more $ for wildlife crossings over/under hwys. But bigger issue is we need no new & fewer hwys.—roads are enemy of wildlife in so many ways. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/california-budgets-61-million-for-wildlife-crossings?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #183: Human causes of record manatee mortality: used to be mostly boat strikes but now “pollution is coming from agricultural runoff, leaking septic tanks and stormwater”—everyday human dev. causes that will increase, proving once again humans are most destructive invasive species. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/07/09/stories/1063736825?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #182: North Dakota Repubs. on why they are fighting Biden Oil pause: BLM failed to study the potential environmental impacts of a pause, as required by the National Environmental Policy Act!! So they argue PAUSING drilling is Bad for the Evmnt.!! What geniuses! See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/07/09/stories/1063736751?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire #181: One A-hole endorses another! Trump supports Zinke for Congress! How bad was Zinke as Interior Sec.? Read Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #180: Read article on how poaching of ONE WOLF can destroy a pack—something A-holes like cowardly Gianforte would welcome. See https://www.hcn.org/articles/wolves-why-the-poaching-of-one-gray-wolf-in-washington-matters?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #179: Biden-Haaland FWS also has blinders: They’re considering plan to allow ATVs, mountain bikes, camping… tour groups & turkey hunting in FL. Panther Nat. Wildlife REFUGE! Refuges can have multi-purposes but MAIN purpose should be as REFUGE to protect wildlife & this policy would threaten already end. panthers who have continued to lose habitat. FWS refuge staff are pressured to keep hunters- #178: Worthwhile article on voters with evmntal values who usually only vote in presid. Election yrs. & how their turnout makes huge diff. in local elections like Anchorage AL mayoralty. Problem: new voter (i.e., prevent voting) laws will make them less likely to vote. Of course, that’s why Repubs. are passing them & Sup. Court is upholding them. See https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04072021/sporadic-environmental-voters-hold-the-power-to-shift-elections-and-turn-red-states-blue/?emci=4ec0e55a-64df-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=7af9110a-e4df-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=326118 #177: Why 30 by 30 may fail: Small-minded pols. like Neb. Gov. Ricketts & Nebraska Farm Bureau oppose any new efforts to preserve species & have secured Neb. cnty cmssner. support in their small-minded war on conservation. By way of contrast, the president of Nebraska Farmers Union supports the effort & Denver small town supports are likewise speaking out for it. See https://nebraskapublicmedia.org/en/news/news-articles/as-ricketts-convinces-counties-to-oppose-30x30-critics-say-hes-spreading-fear-disinformation/ & https://coloradosun.com/2021/07/06/30x30-public-lands-opinion/?utm_source=The+Colorado+Sun+Newsletters&utm_campaign=34f8779f42-SUNRISER_2021-07-06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_61e0bd63dc-34f8779f42-67106838&mc_cid=34f8779f42&mc_eid=8802fcf3e2 #176: Paul Gosar: For years I have read about Gosar’s anti-ESA-wildlife speeches & votes & thought he was just run-of-mill conservative but NYT article shows that he’s now cultivating relationships with white nationalists—he’s so bad that most of his own family opposed his reelection! See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/05/us/politics/paul-gosar-republicans-congress-extremism.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210706&instance_id=34622&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=62674&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #175: Grizzlies vs. Cattle in National Forest: Who will win? There are large majority of comments opposing ranchers attempt to move cattle into nat. forest areas vacated due to conservationists buying out sheep grazing rights. Since conservationists & majority of public oppose moving cattle into area, you would rightfully think grizzlies should win. But history of Wy & other western states shows ranchers win regardless of ethics. See https://www.wyofile.com/grizzly-conflicts-central-to-new-upper-green-river-grazing-debate/https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog #174: Humans are always finding new ways to abuse & exploit wildlife—now Youtube “animal rescue videos” are a new form of abuse for profit by humans. See https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/how-fake-animal-rescue-videos-have-become-a-new-frontier-for-animal-abuse?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=Animals_20210701_rid=1575E2A05F37205A27CA72946056EAE7 #173: Why achieving 30 by 30 conservation goal will be hard!: Read detailed & scary article on how rural farmers in blue state Oregon resisted turning abandoned railroad into trail-farmers say shouldn’t have to change “regardless of what cmty. wants.” & extremist org. Timber Unity is funding cnty cmmsn candidates with anti-conserv. values. See https://www.hcn.org/issues/53.7/north-extremism-how-a-trail-in-rural-oregon-became-a-target-of-far-right-extremism?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #172: Trump was going to drain the swamp but Perdue got Millions from ag comp just before becoming & Ag Sec. Trump Interior officials all taking jobs that deal with Interior actions! The swamp that needs to be drained:? Trump’s tiny brain! See https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2021/sonny-perdue-adm-land-deal/ #171: Gianforte & Montana Repubs. hate Fed. gvmnt & bison-wolves & don’t believe in climate change or ESA but beg to allow livestock to graze (& ruin) wildlife refuge b/c of drought. Hypocrites & Phonies forever! See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/06/30/stories/1063736215?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #170: Ryan Zinke Disaster: It was his idea to move BLM to West—result: Only 3 employees accepted! How big a failure was Zinke? He handed over public lands to industry for nothing. Read Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior. Now he’s running for Congress—wants to finish destroying the West! Gianforte & Daines? Montanans are into electing cowards & buffoons! See https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox/FMfcgzGkZGdGQsflTCClqvhNqqQdqfFC #169: Human SH_T comes back to haunt—humans! Study of oysters shows wastewater emissions b/c “most wastewater treatment plants in the U.S. filter out only some of the pharmaceuticals and personal care products that enter the system." See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/30/stories/1063736199?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #168: SOS: Save Other Species—Need new philosophy—act to preserve other species & prevent human species conflict with them. Good ex.: Researchers tracking white sharks to prevent attacks off Cape Code. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/30/stories/1063736173?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #167: Read about how Repubs. are trying to weaken bill to give Insp. Generals protection from being dismissed b/c they stand up to Presidents whether Biden or Trump! Why are they objecting? B/c they’re afraid bill will allow former Trumpers to be brought to account for illegal acts. Funny thing: same law will work against Biden hires who violate ethics but apparently Repubs. don’t think that’s as likely as Trump Admin. which went overtime doing unethical deeds. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/06/29/stories/1063736051?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #166: Read outrageous story of BLM employee dismissed for attempting to protect raptors from harm from oil-gas project that Bernhardt wanted despite threat to birds. His major shortcoming—he cared more about protecting birds than making Bernhardt happy but Trumpite BLM employee, Jennifer Fleuret McConchie pursued the case. See https://www.wyofile.com/group-says-blm-whistleblower-enduring-torture-of-the-damned/ #165: French trappers used glue to hunt birds now stopped by Courts—they said it was their “tradition.” I’m surprised Gianforte & his ilk haven’t tried this tradition—nothing like an unfair hunt for them! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/29/stories/1063736075?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #164: Trump’s Mine regulator just took job with coal company!—Trump’s exes are overflowing the swamp. In mean time, Stone-Manning was concerned with CONSERVATION & evmnt., not sucking up to industry, & is pilloried. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/06/29/stories/1063736111?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #163: Latest FWS eval. shows 44% drop in ANWR Polar Bear pop. which is why priority should be given to preserving other species. Humans get upset if human pop. GROWTH SLOWS—what if there were 44% drop in some human pop.? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/28/stories/1063735991?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #162: Biden-Haaland Positives: Too often I have focused on negatives of Repubs. & have not noted how Biden Admin. has rolled back some of the worst anti-conservation acts of Trump such as weakening protections for mig. birds & now methane emissions. Haaland is off to a great start! Amusing note: Even Matt Gaetz voted against Trump on this one which shows that even in Republican Florida concern for the environment dominates industy pandering to industry! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/25/stories/1063735867?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #161: Dems, not Republicans, are pushing to fix abandoned wells. Check out who’s sponsoring bills to solve the problem & who’s opposed—Dem. Reps & Senator are all in & Republican are anti! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/06/23/stories/1063735565?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #160: Repubs. call Stone-Manning an eco-terrorist but the term should be redefined as someone who terrorizes an ecosystem in which case EVERY TRUMP INTERIOR appointee was one! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/06/23/stories/1063735585?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #159: Republicans can’t understand logic of appointing conservationists to Interior Dept. They don’t trust anyone who isn’t out first & foremost to make $ from public lands & waters. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/21/stories/1063735409?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire & https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/06/21/stories/1063735421?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #158: IMAGINE: Repubs. want to allow off road vehicles on National Parks and roads controlled by Fed. gvmnt. Imagine what Nat. Parks & “Wilderness Areas” would look like if these Yahoos had been in charge thru our history—You would see cattle & oil wells rather than bears, bison & other wildlife when going thru nat. parks. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/21/stories/1063735409?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #157: More proof that states can’t manage wildlife. Montana passed law that gives counties right to overrule state wildlife depts. on bison. Former Mt. govs. (Schweitzer & Bullock) vetoed legis. but wolf-coward-killer Gianforte approved it. He like his fellow Repubs. would be happy to exterminate any species (grizzly, wolf, bison) that interferes in least bit with ranchers. Get rid of this coward! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/16/stories/1063735133?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #156: Irony: Utah politicos protest Haaland restoration of monuments when the major beneficiaries of this order will be Utahans—current & future. The numbers of those benefitting from Trump’s action are small, wealthy, & powerful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2021/06/14/haaland-biden-national-monuments/?wpmk=1&wpisrc=al_environment__alert-hse&utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert&pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJjb29raWVuYW1lIjoid3BfY3J0aWQiLCJpc3MiOiJDYXJ0YSIsImNvb2tpZXZhbHVlIjoiNWE3MGJjODA5YmJjMGYxY2U0MDI3ZTVmIiwidGFnIjoid3BfbmV3c19hbGVydF9yZXZlcmUiLCJ1cmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53YXNoaW5ndG9ucG9zdC5jb20vY2xpbWF0ZS1lbnZpcm9ubWVudC8yMDIxLzA2LzE0L2hhYWxhbmQtYmlkZW4tbmF0aW9uYWwtbW9udW1lbnRzLz93cG1rPTEmd3Bpc3JjPWFsX2Vudmlyb25tZW50X19hbGVydC1oc2UmdXRtX3NvdXJjZT1hbGVydCZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj13cF9uZXdzX2FsZXJ0X3JldmVyZSZsb2NhdGlvbj1hbGVydCJ9.EgwCr9OD60n-CAUTAQw64BTKgd3DGsNFrY2NlVSsGAQ #155: Former Trump Official accuses Biden BLM official of “doing her former employer’s bidding” in pause dev. of ANWR lands. That’s rich! Trump’s Interior-BLM consisted of NOTHING but former lobbyists who participated in decisions helping former employers! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/14/stories/1063734907?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #154: Dumb & Dumber: Gallup Poll shows almost half of Republicans say they will not get vaccinated & poorly educated are 3 x as likely not to get it either. Gen. public’s biggest fear is this failure of enough Americans to be vaccinated. In other words, Trumpites like Trump couldn’t care less about other’s health & safety. See https://news.gallup.com/poll/350720/covid-vaccine-reluctant-likely-stay.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=morelink&utm_campaign=syndication #153: The Biden Admin.’s Interior Dept is off to a good start in reversing Trump Interior’s attack on conservation but invasive species bad behaviors can overwhelm the good—Drones scared & caused abandonment of tern eggs, dogs & bikes on trails, & huge homes infringing on wetlands. With such human behaviors, 30 by 30 will not maintain status quo much less improve situation. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/06/07/stories/1063734309?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #152: Good article in today’s NYT on how Gianforte’s cut of benefits to unemployed has no data to support it. Cutting benefits to working class—that’s the Trump approach—help the rich & hurt the poor. Why in the world would blue collar workers vote for this creep? See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/opinion/montana-unemployment-republicans-racism.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20210601&instance_id=31977&nl=opinion-today®i_id=10365419&segment_id=59533&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #151: Another public “bad” from industry: fracking is major cause of earthquakes in West Tx but industry treats toxic effects from such events “as if it were harmless.” & Now they want to be allowed to discharge their wastewater into streams! They boast of $ to states economies but let’s calculate harm they do. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/05/28/stories/1063732791?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire & https://www.eenews.net/energywire/stories/1061525917/ #150: Republicans constantly talk about need for energy but then vote against bills that will make industry clean-up abandoned wells & mines that harm the public. They should be called on this in their next elections. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/27/stories/1063733637?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #149: 44 state wildlife-“game” departments allow animal-killing contests not just coyotes but prairie dogs, snakes, etc. Many have children divisions.” Why do they allow slob hunting? For $. These are the agencies that are supposed to protect our wildlife resources! So much for state that proclaim their role in protecting species! See Ted Williams on these "contests." https://www.thespectrum.com/story/opinion/2021/05/25/writers-range-killing-wildlife-see-who-wins/7421506002/ #148 Congrats to Haaland on Lesser Prairie Chicken protections but let’s hear something about wolves & grizzlies that are attack from your “partner” states that want kill every one except for min. # reqd. by ESA. Montana Fish & Wildlife brags about their “record” after approval of slob hunting measures! With protectors like them, wolves don’t need any enemies. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/26/stories/1063733555?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #147: EPA IG report reproaching EPA ignored scien. integrity proof of Coney-Barrett’s Wrongness in FOIA Decision: Barrett’s decision was premised that Top Decisionmakers need not follow “lower level” scientist findings. EPA’s decisions on weedkiller followed Barrett model—top level mgrs. took over the decision & ignored scien. info on & cautions about risks. This behavior is exactly what Coney-Barrett’s FOIA decision approves! Amazingly Elena Kagan went along with this for worst decision of her career! See EPA IG’s Report at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2021-05/documents/_epaoig20210524-21-e-0146.pdf #146: Coney Barrett’s close ties to oil industry, Amer. Pet. Instit. & Shell oil have never stopped her from participating in decisions they are involved in. Of course, like all Republican-appointees, she’s part of Scalia-Federalist Soc. thinking that never sees reason to favor conservation over industry as her disastrous FOIA decisions proved. See https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2021/05/24/stories/1063733255?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aclimatewire #145: Funny: New group, Protecting the Public's Trust, formed to expose corruption in Biden’s Interior! Corruption is bipartisan & I support scrutinizing every Admin. but where was this group during Trump’s Interior when they ONLY hired people who were lobbyists for Interior clients! They won’t reveal their funders but good chance it’s Koch Brother or similar ilk! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/20/stories/1063733125?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #144: Zinke said to be “FORMIDABLE” candidate for Mt new House seat?! If you like someone who took destructive actions against conservation & sacrificed it in every case where there was a choice between protecting wildlife and industry profits”—then he’s formidable! If you have questions on Zinke's record: My book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior, details every outrage against conserv. taken by Zinke. If you support conservation over industry profits, then he’s garbage. See https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 & https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/18/stories/1063732795?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #143: Biden’s Forest Service will allow domestic sheep to graze in area evmntalists purchased to protect big horn sheep! Like FWS inaction on wolves, shows that Trump-like thinking persists in parts of Biden Admin. Wy Stockgrowers who dominate Wy policy say “exist at their own peril”—don’t mess with our livestock! Demonstrates once more how Western states subjugate conservation to ranchers. See https://www.wyofile.com/forest-service-moves-to-weaken-bighorn-protections-in-wyo-range/ #142: Get Ready for Trump-Appointed Judge decisions: One (McFadden) just gave Jared-Ivanka’s friend's company a victory to allow mineral lease near Boundary Waters—though Judge acknowledged conser. grps had shown “some info.” to prove Trump’s corrupt Interior made decision due to polit. influence but “not enough” for him to keep from approving this despoiling. This is why getting Biden’s picks thru Senate is crucial but with Manchin as key vote, they won’t get pass like Trump’s hacks did. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/14/stories/1063732625?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #141: Biden discards Trump’s Garden of Heroes Plan. I propose replacing it with National Hall of Shame filled with Videos of those who have done great harm to conservation and U.S. We could initially fill it with all of appointees of Trump’s Interior Dept. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/05/14/stories/1063732667?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #140: Republicans are still squawking about leasing freeze. Truth is: Trump Admin. pursued reckless all-out leasing for 4 years damaging climate & evmnt. Pause can be justified for lasting just as long! Repubs. have no plan for dealing with climate change or conservation other than phony platitudes. Read their squawks at https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/14/stories/1063732585?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #139: Dem. Senator Heinrich proposes serious bill on how to help states cope with lost fossil fuel revs.—Repubs. only idea is to stick head in oil & coal sands. Biden looks to future of planet with 30x30 plan—Repubs. rush to destroy Earth. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/13/stories/1063732467?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #138: Dems proposed reform of cleanup of mines that have been abandoned—Republican Wy. Senators want to reduce industry $ for cleanup!—They say let Fed. or states or local gvmnts pay! Next time they claim to be evmntalists—spit in their face. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/13/stories/1063732453?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #137: Repubs. criticize 30 by 30 Plan for being empty! What was Trump’s plan for protecting species & habitat: They banished compensatory mitigation for BLM calling it “Un-American!” In a 2018 memo, they said BLM cannot even accept voluntary offers to mitigate the impacts of proposed actions! (Bureau of Land Management, Dec. 6, 2018)! Then these phonies claim they are “conservationists!” If they’re conservationists, then Hitler was a humanitarian! See Pidot, Justin R. (Dec. 28, 2018). The Bureau of Land Management's Infirm Compensatory Mitigation Policy. Fordham Environmental Law Review, Volume 30, Number 2, 2018 . Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3307226 I cover this issue in detail in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department (see p. 17-18) at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #136: Sen. Daines opposed Haaland for her desire to protect grizzlies! Which would Montanans rather see go “extinct”—grizzly bears or Senator Daines? I bet the latter by a huge margin! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/11/stories/1063732169?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #135: Sheep-owner-Idaho-Governor signs wolf-killing bill—goal is to reduce wolves to min. required by ESA to increase elk & protect ranchers—proof once again that ESA & FEDERAL law only obstacle to slob hunters & ranchers from extinguishing species. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/10/stories/1063732111?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwi #134: Proof Trump Interior ignored scientific warning that owl habitat cutback would extinguish spotted owl! Memos just now revealed show! Of course, Coney Barrett & Elena Kagan think this is just peachy b/c scientists are “low level” employees compared to Bernhardt! Justices Barrett-Kagan also believe Trump had right to HIDE these memos b/c to protect their “exec. deliberation!” It can’t be stated too often how wrong & stupid their recent decision on ESA was. Story also shows Skipwith was too stupid to understand what scientists were telling her! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/07/stories/1063732015?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #133: Wyoming hunters shot 7615 sage grouse—a species in decline in the state. Wy Game Dept official in charge says searched for papers saying it’s okay but contradicted. Apparently, person in charge does not know or understand basic conservation idea-precautionary principle—err on side of conservation. Once again proves that state “game” depts can be counted on—to ignore conservation if it thwarts hunters. See https://www.wyofile.com/sage-grouse-hunters-shot-about-7600-birds-in-2019/ #132: Predictably Dems. supported Biden’s 30X30 Plan while Repubs only negative. However, key point is that sporting groups Amer. Sportfishing Asso. & Cong. Sportsmen’s Fdtn. strongly supported it. They're supposed to be mostly Repubs. but they know that Repubs. are incapable of planning for future—their still stuck in Trump’s Energy Dominance stupidity. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/07/stories/1063731979?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #131 Katie Porter proposed raising royalty rates on onshore oil-gas leases—1st rise since 1920! Dopey Repub argued would cut LCW contribs but she pointed out LCW revs come from OFFSHORE leases! She’s whip smart but down-to-earth & great debater w common touch. I would support her for President over other Dems. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/05/06/stories/1063731863?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily #130: CBD asks for cut in funding of Idaho wildlife $ if they go forward with wolf killing. At least, I would hope that some top person in FWS would speak out against it—some FWS decisions indicate that carnivore haters still play key role. See ttps://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/05/stories/1063731775?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #129: Fed. investigators found lots of safety violations by Texas oil industry that cause poisonings. One more example of harmful effects of industry ignored by Repubs. Alarmist? Yes, just like preparing for Texas winter freeze was unnecessary! So Republicans as usual are clueless & don’t give a damn about energy’s harm to people. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/05/05/stories/1063731749?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire #128: New Mexico royalties set record monthly high—so much for Repub. squawking. Yes, it’s due to Trump reckless leasing policies but it proves that pause is called for & Repub. objections are BS. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/05/05/stories/1063731717?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire #127 Wyoming like Montana & Idaho proves they are incapable of protecting end. species. They're allowing large # of sage grouse to be shot. This comes after USGS study proved that Trump policies have greatly reduced their habitat! Without Fed. ESA, Repub. western govs. & wildlife depts. would wipe them out like wolves &grizzlies. However, they have already forbidden grouse to be listed so even ESA no help now. It’s apparent that though large majorities in these states oppose these policies, they are low on their priority list & yahoos continue to set policy. See https://www.wyofile.com/after-hunters-kill-874-sage-grouse-hens-wyos-hunt-questioned/ & my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior, for details at https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #126: DeSantis & Florida allow decline of manatees: They’re being killed by boaters & water pollution—Gov. won’t cut dev. or pollution—his Repubs. are protecting farmers from being accountable. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/03/stories/1063731563?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #125: Hunters in charge of Biden FWS: It’s opening more National Wildlife REFUGES (yes, that’s what their PRIMARY mission supposed to be!) to hunting. Along with LACK of any statements or actions on Idaho-Montana wolf-killing, shows Yahoos still in charge of FWS. What the hell is going on? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/05/03/stories/1063731569?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #124: More Anti-Science Stupidity from Repub. states on costs of carbon: They are trying to block Biden from changing estimate of its cost but don’t cite any Science or Independent assessments. Why don’t they? Because there is no scientific basis to their argument! GAO analyzed this issue and said it was crucial to “limit the Federal government’s fiscal exposure” by “better managing climate risks” and noted that Nat. Academy of Sciences & The Royal Society” had rejected Trump’s Calculation (USGAO, June 2020, 24) but the Trump Admin. instead of correcting their unscientific manipulated method to produce their desired result, “disbanded the interagency panel” created to calculate the social cost of carbon.” I have covered this phony Trump action in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior.” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Read the Republican states’ memo in their court case against Biden’s recalculation—there’s NO SCIENCE cited to support their assertions See p. 11 of their memo at https://www.eenews.net/assets/2021/05/03/document_pm_02.pdf I hope that judges will note their lack of science & bias but we can’t on judges like Thomas, Alito etc. to care about their stupidity? #123: Biden FWS looks into reintro. of bison to central Montana. Of course, ranchers & cowardly slob hunter Gov. Gianforte oppose move. Hope next election Montanans who Care about conserve will kick out this jackass who like Daines pretends to care about conserv. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/30/stories/1063731451?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire& #122: But Zinke would fit in well with Sen. Steve Daines, phony who opposed LCW full funding until thought it would cost his job & Gov. Gianforte who specializes in trapping & then cowardly shooting wolves. Montana should be ashamed! See https://www.hcn.org/articles/climate-desk-vulnerable-republicans-flip-their-stance-on-conservation-bill?utm_source=wcn1&utm_medium=email #121: Ryan Zinke to run for Montana seat. Great disaster as Interior head where he lied to cut Bears Ears & approved roads & drilling thru numerous previously protected areas as documented in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior, https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/ #120: Ranchers & Slob Hunters Run Western States: Idaho will kill 90% of wolves to please ranchers & make slob hunters happy by allowing killing from ATVs, snowmobiles, etc. No doubt Gianforte & Wayne LaPierre will be visiting to join in with these cowardly activities that they enjoy so much. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/28/stories/1063731191?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #119: Slob Hunter & Coward Gianforte Meet Slob Hunter & Coward Wayne LaPierre. Video shows him unable to finish off elephant he shot w/4 shots. His wife shot also huge elephant from close-up & they high-fived & shouted "Victory" over their cowardly kills! These are guys speaking for 2nd Amendment rights! Put these videos up for ads vs. Gianforte’s & other “2ND AMENMENT” Repubs. in their next election. See https://www.tmz.com/2021/04/27/nra-wayne-lapierre-elephant-hunt-botched-wife-susan-video/https://www.wildlifepolitics.org/blog #118: Scientific climate assessment for Yellowstone says it ” will require people in the GYA—whether living in urban or rural locations—to adapt to climate change. Interviews with stakeholders in the region reveal that they are concerned about reliable water supplies and the protection of native species” that will result in “more floods in spring, longer periods of reduced water availability in summer, and more wildfires in the future.” What are Western state governors like Gianforte (MT) & Gordon (WY) doing about this? That’s right—nothing! Red state Trumpites deny climate change—only voting out these dopes will save future! See http://montanaclimate.org/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/GYCA_ver4_210416d_forPublicReview.pdf & https://www.wyofile.com/climate-study-predicts-life-altering-changes-for-greater-yellowstone/ #117: Read NYT review of Weidensaul book, A WORLD ON THE WING: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds, about how 3 billion birds have vanished from North America in last 30 yrs. Thank God that Trump’s weakening of Mig. Bird Treaty ended with Biden. But shows that deadly invasiveness of humans needs to be reversed to save Earth. Crisis that face other species are far greater than threats to humans. Read review https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/books/review/a-world-on-the-wing-scott-weidensaul.html?campaign_id=69&emc=edit_bk_20210423&instance_id=29678&nl=books®i_id=10365419&segment_id=56275&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #116: Sen. Daines wants Haaland to delist grizzlies & says western states are ready to take lead in protecting them! Bull__t! Western states are taking the lead to kill wolves, eagles, & bison. Only thing standing between them & extinction is Federal ESA listing. Idaho wants to kill all wolves other than min. reqd. by ESA. Montana wants to allow killing anytime anywhere by any means by slob hunters. See #113 & 110 below as well as https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/04/23/stories/1063730855?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm #115: USGS study on causes of sage grouse pop. drop: activities related to oil and gas and renewables, such as wind and solar. Impacts from development & megadrought due to climate change—all human causes. Just more proof that invasive humans need to prioritize other species to save Earth. See https://www.usgs.gov/news/new-research-highlights-decline-greater-sage-grouse-american-west-provides-roadmap-aid?qt-news_science_products=1#qt-news_science_product #114: James Reilly continues lying! Headed USGS under Trump says “I didn't want to screw it up." Well, he did! Hid reports on threats to polar bears & punished employee for talking climate change. Hurt USGS Morale. Thank God this phony no longer in charge. See details in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 #113: Well-known coward Gov. Gianforte dropped great plan to expand bison to protect ranching interests—same ones who want to kill wolves w/o fair chase like Gianforte who trapped & then shot wolf. Montana Repubs. Shows once again that western state wildlife agencies dominated by ranching/hunting groups. Only the Federal ESA protects these species from extinction in Mt. https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/21/stories/1063730537?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #112: Idaho Slob Hunters rule: Fish & Game would kill 90% of state’s wolves, hire contractors to kill them, Other changes in the legislation include allow killing by ATVs and snowmobiles. Why do this? Because agric. Industry. No evidence needed anymore to prove that Idaho like Montana is run by ranchers who hate ESA & would exterminate wolves if they could. USFWS likes to call state agencies partners=partners in slob hunting! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/21/stories/1063730547?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire #111: New Gallup Poll shows only 23% of Repubs. favor environment over economic priorities vs. 68% of Dems. Poll also shows results are independent of their economic situation! Shows why Repub. politicians can get away with opposing conservation % why we need instit. change to stop these yahoos who are a minority but control Supreme Court & Congress if we want to have healthy Earth. See https://news.gallup.com/poll/344252/americans-emphasis-environmental-protection-shrinks.aspx?utm_source=news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_brief_newsletter_apr_04202029&utm_content=read_article_textlink_8&utm_term=newsletter&elqTrackId=e2a496a8d21743be8db27670387b16d1&elq=3abfaa0bc0d34905b4515639aabe9e7b&elqaid=6442&elqat=1&elqCampaignId=1340 #110: Wyoming Game & Fish Dept. will spend >$50,000 to trap & move Golden Eagles who prey upon lambs in response to claims from ranchers. Need any more proof of how state “game” depts. whose function is supposed to be to protect wildlife instead protect ranchers? Story also shows why FEDERAL LAWS are essential to protect species that ranchers resent. Without them, Wyoming (like Montana with wolves) would be happy to allow their extermination. See https://www.wyofile.com/proposed-project-would-trap-move-track-lamb-hunting-eagles/ Biden #109: Energy-drillers another cost they impose on public: they fail to appropriately decommission pipelines on Gulf seafloor. Consequences? GAO found that aging lines corrode & result in leakage that’s toxic to organisms, including plankton, invertebrates, fish, birds, and sea mammals, causing a wide array of adverse effects. Industry always happy to list benefits they provide but hidden costs ignored in their reports. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/19/stories/1063730321?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #108: List of Threats to species like endangered crawfish is familiar & like that for most species & illustrates why 30-30 is necessary: "greatest threat is continued habitat loss…due to land dev…Off-road vehicle use, insecticide application and pt, source pollution.” https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/14/stories/1063729957?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #107: Republicans resist 30 by 30 plan b/c would threaten “private property.” First of all, much of the action would concern public lands—remember public lands are the least desirable in terms of richness of soil & water—humans took all best lands & left the worst for public. 2nd: Humans’ grazing & drilling continue to decimate public lands & biodiversity taking away little left for wildlife. 3rd: Research shows that more & more species are threatened by human agric., human developments, & poisons. Humans are temporary STEWARDS of land, not true owners. 30-30 plan is necessary start to rebalancing our treatment of Earth which invasive humans have abused & harmed other species. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/04/13/stories/1063729457?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily & https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/09/10/wildlife-population-plunge/?utm_campaign=wp_animalia&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_animalia&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2bc041d%2F5f6f57c09d2fda0efb359333%2F5a70bc809bbc0f1ce4027e5f%2F15%2F44%2Fc13f5fd758380fdad6d92bb28f43ffa2 Biden #106: Biden Admin. >triples funding to clean up abandoned wells. Trump & Republicans dominate western states politics but their treatment of western states lands was lousy—takes Democrats to clean up their mess. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/04/12/stories/1063729697?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire Biden #105: Bundy Arrested Twice More! Why can’t law enforcement give him what he wants & DESERVES—a permanent place in jail where he belongs! Why are they always trying to allow him to be freed? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/09/stories/1063729611?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #104: Utah politicos complain about Fed. monuments harming state??!! These monuments preserved beauty & lands that would otherwise be despoiled & have made state far more attractive than it would have been otherwise! Left to Repubs-Mormons, every bit would be exploited. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/09/stories/1063729615?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire & https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/08/bears-ears-haaland/ Biden #103: Proof that Bears Ears should all be returned as protected monument. Wash Post article shows that one failed uranium mine since Trump decision—otherwise lots of tourists and looters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/04/08/bears-ears-haaland/ Biden #102: Office of Personnel Management’s survey of Interior & BLM employees found 2 key weaknesses of Trump’s Interior/BLM: Sig. More than other agencies, they questioned “integrity and honesty” of senior leaders & had less respect for them. See p. 24 & 26 in OPM’s Report at https://www.eenews.net/assets/2021/04/07/document_gw_01.pdf Biden #101: Examples of Low IQ Trump Republicans: Mont. Gov. Gianforte tests positive for COVID-19 after repealing Montana’s mask mandate. Also, 2/3 of Republicans (i.e., Trumpites) don’t believe humans cause climate change. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/04/06/stories/1063729301?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire & https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2021/04/06/stories/1063729263?tm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aclimatewire Biden #100: State judge orders mediation for Ammon Bundy—looks like Bundy’s will win out in court again. When the hell will they be held to account for not paying grazing fees—there’s no question about this. Why doesn’t IRS/Justice/BLM have any accounts attached for non-payment? See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/04/05/stories/1063729243?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #99: Read details of USFWS plan to kill Mt. Lions & bears in Colorado. Key pts: (1) Plan aimed at artificially boosting mule deer nos. so hunters could kill more deer; (2) Mule deer #s down because of habitat degrading by oil-gas leasing! So Trump’s Interior (& Agric. Also involved) does triple duty: reduce habitat by drilling & then kill wildlife to make up for their harm! What more can you say about agency led by trophy hunters Bernhardt & Zinke. See https://wildearthguardians.org/press-releases/court-halts-funding-of-unwarranted-colorado-mountain-lion-and-black-bear-cull/ Biden #98: Excellent article by Wash. Post on Trump’s disastrous evmntal. Actions & what Biden is doing to overturn. Trump’s Interior attacked conserv. every day of their 4 yrs. See Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Biden #97: Judge ruled that FWS had to turn over to Humane Society records on wildlife imports/exports citing FOIA. Nice to have a win but begs the question, why should such imports ever be protected by FOIA? Are imported wildlife being used for secret defense purposes? Between 2001 to 2015, such data routinely released but for some reason(???) in 2016, they stopped b/c companies said info was “confidential”??? Why should they be given exception? Or are they just doing wildlife importers/exporters a favor? The weakening of FOIA under Trump was (and remains terrible) but what the hell was Obama’s FWS doing this for? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/30/stories/1063728799?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #96: Wyoming latest western state to make sure Politicos & ranchers make wildlife conservation decisions—not scientists. Legis. stripped Game & Fish Dept. of power to close elk feedgrounds. Got to make sure public lands are safe for cattle! Wonder why we can't leave wildlife decisions to states--this is a case study! See https://www.wyofile.com/legislature-strips-game-and-fish-of-elk-feedground-closure-power/ Biden #95: Daines’ Stupidity: He says ““Wildlife management must be determined by science, not by activist judges” but it’s Montana politicos making policy—more than 50 wildlife biologists have signed letter calling on Republican officials to reject the legislation. You can’t underestimate Daines’ stupidity & willingness to lie. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/us/montana-wolves-grizzlies-hunting.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210329&instance_id=28593&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=54395&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 Biden #94 Read NYT article on how Texas had to burn off gas at huge rates during big freeze & how producers in Permian produce more gas that can manage, causing huge emissions. Big joke: Now industry trying to use freeze for showing how they’re needed! See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/climate/texas-blackout-flaring-natural-gas.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20210327&instance_id=28444&nl=todaysheadlines®i_id=10365419&segment_id=54317&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 #93: Read about Crazy Gun Rights Activists in Wyoming—going to force officers to not enforce Fed. Gun legislation. On top of crazy anti-wolf bills in Montana, these western states are dominated by lunatics—tho surveys show majority are rational, pro-conservation & gun-control, crazies who show up to meetings armed scare off others. They are making case AGAINST FEDERALISM—proving that small crazy groups able to consistently dominate small pop western states. See https://www.wyofile.com/gun-bills-playing-outsized-role-in-already-gun-friendly-wyo-politics/ Biden #92: Antiquities Act allowed ONLY MAJOR Conservation successes since Clinton. Even GW Bush used to create huge ocean monument. Now Roberts & other Repub Justices going to kill last remaining major tool for conservation. Time to increase # Justices to save it & conservation. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/26/stories/1063728615?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #91: Haaland forced to assure that fossil fuels would still play major role. Trump’s Interior Secs. never promised or assured about conservation—in fact, subverted it EVERY TIME conflicted with industry. Industry lobbyists occupied EVERY JOB. Now industry squawking about not being represented! Chickens coming home to roost! See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/03/25/stories/1063728513?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #90: States challenging Biden leasing moratorium say that he should have conducted NEPA Analysis! Right, like Trump’s Interior conduct the analysis that shows harmful effects on states revenues & then IGNORE these “negatives” & make decision he wants! That’s exactly what Trump’s Interior did in ALL of their NEPA analyses—list harmful effects on evmnt. & then make MOST HARMFUL decision anyway! See detailed examples in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior at wildlifepolitics.org #89: Gianforte defenders say his trapping/killing of wolf is a good time for “LEARNING”!!! Yes, it would be if Gianforte is forced to resign due to boycott of Montana until he quits! This action would "learn" other yahoos that the vast majority of the Montana public opposes slob & illegal killing of wolves. Any other “learning” would be bullshit. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/24/stories/1063728341?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #88: Chief Justice Roberts invites conservs. to challenge monuments—says should be limited to “smallest area.” So Bader Ginsburg’s refusal to resign so Obama could name replacement now comes home to roost. Barrett already shown she doesn’t give damn about evmnt. Time to expand the court. McConnell violated estab. norms so failure to take action will mean huge cuts in monuments & no big new monuments in future. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/24/stories/1063728359?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #87: Montana Slob Hunting Craze Shows Why states unable to manage wildlife. They want to reduce wolves from 850 to 150—b/c that’s when Feds would relist. Only Feds stand between Montana slob hunters & extinction of wolves. They would also allow 3rd parties to reimburse slob hunters for killing wolves violating North Am. Model of hunting. They also want to prevent moving of grizzlies to save them. Bear experts say this move is contrary to data that 1/3 cross boundaries & would be subject to killing. They also want to allow local counties to veto bison restoration projects. What can you say about a state wanting to do all of these & whose gov. illegally trapped & killed a wolf? Boycott Montana parks until Gianforte is gone & also if these idiotic measures are adapted. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/23/stories/1063728235?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #86: Nevada delays decision on coyote-killing contests & supports keeping hounds to tree bears so that fat incompetent hunters can them like cowards. Nevada, like many states, has wildlife cmmsn. that mandates majority hunters-ranchers! As in many states, vast majority oppose both practices but slob hunters dominate this institution that makes the rules. No wonder we need Federal ESA to protect wildlife. See https://www.nevadacurrent.com/2021/03/21/wildlife-commission-votes-to-consider-ban-on-killing-contests/ Biden #85: Montana Gov. Gianforte traps wolf & then shoots it—proving that he’s a slob hunter and a coward. I hope that ecotourists will make an example of this jackass by avoiding trips to Montana until this slob hunter resigns. See https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/montana-governor-given-written-warning-after-trapping-killing-yellowstone-wolf#stream/0 Biden #84: Liz Klein nomination withdrawn b/c “conflict of interest” says energy industry—she opposed Trump evmntal rollbacks which energy views as conflict with Interior mission to serve them only. It's becoming increasingly clear that it would have been much preferable if Murkowski had OPPOPSED Haaland--now Biden has to bend over backwards to please her. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/23/stories/1063728245?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #83: Wash. Post article details how Trump Ad. systematically hindered IG investigations into wrongdoing throughout agencies. How can Congress & public do oversight under such conditions? Only through STRONG FOIA that enables Courts to FORCE turnover of documents but Barrett-Supreme Court have destroyed FOIA, putting “sensitivities” of politicos (i.e., embarrassment over decisions favoring their former bus. Partners) above public-Congressional right to know. Agency ethics officials take orders from agency bosses-e.g. in my book on Trump’s Interior I show how Ethics chief de la Vega approved/ignored EVERY ethical misbehavior of bigwigs or at worst, “punished” them by making them watch a video. See https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-stymied-oversight/2021/03/22/0d3d6d8c-828d-11eb-81db-b02f0398f49a_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_todays_headlines&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_headlines Biden #82: Energy companies just canceled Texas LNG planned facility because “"global LNG supply has increased substantially while demand has not,” thus supporting Biden’s “pause” in leasing-drilling. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/03/23/stories/1063728183?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire Biden #81: Trump Wind Project Redactions & Hidden Records Prove why Coney Barrett’s Decision is not only stupid but dangerous. Bernhardt et al. kept evmntal review of offshore project hidden & redacted crucial parts of Record of Decision so project would not be approved. Bernhardt & his defenders say he was concerned about “cumulative impact”—that’s a great joke as he banished climate cum. impacts from consideration for delaying energy projects! Record shows that emntal studies & ROD would have approved project but Bernhardt eliminated these studies & opinions from the record. Barrett’s decision says that’s fine b/c they’re “lower level officials” (i.e., scientists who know something.) Check out Bernhardt’s redacted ROD—everything except header is blacked out! So lobbyist Bernhardt can make whatever decision he wants forget about data, science, & "lower level opinions." Barrett's decisions denies public access to basic facts & allows politicos to make lobby-favoring decisions without accountability. See https://www.eenews.net/assets/2021/03/22/document_cw_02.pdf for redacted ROD. For overall case, see https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2021/03/22/stories/1063728059?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aclimatewir Biden #80: Just revealed Bernhardt’s last gasp attempt to pave Izembek. 2 Fed. judges ruled against it but Biden Interior still trying to save road?! What’s going on? Payoff for Murkowski’s Haaland vote? Let’s not destroy a refuge for this! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/19/stories/1063727991?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #79: Daniel Jorjani now says ethics was demoralized when he was there—No wonder. Jorjani hid FOIA docs. requested by Congress & then claimed he couldn’t remember doing it. Read his interview with IG that documents his outrageous & laughable lies. I cover them in detail in my book, Industry First: Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Dept & other ethical breaches by Jorjani, Bernhardt, et. al. See https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 & Jorjani’s new lies at https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/19/stories/1063727983?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #78: USGS study proves Trump Interior policies harmed sage grouse. Climate change underlying cause of loss of habitat “warming climate that exacerbates wildfires and invasive plant species, the report concludes.” Of course, Trump’s Interior forbade concern with climate change. Cattle grazing causes “degraded rangelands” & reduced herbaceous cover.” So what did Trump do? His Interior eliminated compensatory mitigation requirements, shrank buffers around breeding grounds, and weakened no-surface occupancy and seasonal restrictions near sensitive grouse habitat—all of harmful to threatened sage grouse & then Repub. legislators “inserted a provision into fiscal 2021 appropriations bills forbidding Interior Sec. from using any appropriated funding "to write or issue" a rule listing the greater sage grouse for ESA protection.” Trump & Republican actions are directly causing sage grouse (& hundreds of other species depend on sage grouse habitat) extinction whatever they say & they are trying to prevent any steps to prevent it. The report highlights wild horse-burro damage but # & impact of cattle-sheep dwarf that of them. Read pp 181-184 & 190 of USGS Report at https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2020/1125/ofr20201125.pdf & EE News coverage at https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/03/17/stories/1063727759?tm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #77: Boebert wants Haaland to listen to her on foolish BLM move to West. She wants her to listen to the opposite viewpoint! Not something Boebert herself is capable of. https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/03/16/stories/1063727639?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #76: Here’s hoping that Biden’s Interior will restore whistleblowers like Walter Loewen who, unlike most Interior officials, did not fall supine to Trump but protested against destructive energy project. Ethics & Courage should be rewarded-not punished. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/16/stories/1063727603?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #75: Biden’s Interior “scrubbed” some Trump tweets that violated Hatch Act. What about ruling illegal NPS commercials for Trump campaign?! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/16/stories/1063727611?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #74: Biden’s Federal Stimulus bill will bail out states like Wyoming where local governments face bankruptcy. So what do Wy. Officials do? They voted against it! What do you call situation where people vote against best interests of their constituents? Stupidity! See https://www.wyofile.com/the-federal-stimulus-bails-out-wyo-state-local-governments-for-now/ Biden #73: Republicans oppose Save 30% of public lands & waters by 2030 plan. This plan is only route to saving worldwide species & habitat—so you can count on Republicans to oppose it. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/03/16/stories/1063727531?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #72: Biden Admin. to publicly release data on permitting & drilling that previously not available in central location. It will show that permits that already approved have not been frozen contrary to Repub. hysterics. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/03/16/stories/1063727545 Biden #71: Another good cancellation: Biden Admin. ends Trump effort to open Artic Beaufort and Chukchi seas to oil-gas exploration. See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/03/16/stories/1063727513?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire Biden #70: Bundy’s are begging to be locked up—Let’s do it for all of the Bundys. Ammon refused to put on required mask, attacked Malheur, org. armed resistance & refuses to pay fees for using public lands—what hell else does he have to do to be convicted & locked up! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/15/stories/1063727469 Biden #69: Kristi Noem: Worthy successor to Trump—She’s aggressively stupid! She wants Mt. Rushmore fireworks again despite evidence of threat from them—similar to her opposition to COVID safety measures. She’s everything Trump’s followers believe in: stupid, uncaring, & totally egotistical. Undoubtedly will be next Republican Nominee for Pres.! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/15/stories/1063727459 Biden #68: Good cancellations! Biden just canceled Trump attempt to rollback wildlife protections for Calif. Energy zone just as cancelled rump’s weakening of Migratory Bird Treaty. Some cancellations may be wrong but these are right—it’s so WONDERFUL to not have several destructive actions a day by Interior as occurred daily under Trump! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/12/stories/1063727359?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #67: Montana State Republican wants bill to allow individuals and state officials to sue the federal government in state court over ownership of the roads like those in Glacier Nat. Park! Gutless Daines fails to take stand against! So much for his conservationism! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/12/stories/1063727369?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #66: Ammon Bundy says not YET ready for rebellion! Can’t govt. (e.g., Justice or IRS) attach Bundy’s bank accounts? They have bragged about not paying grazing fees for yrs. Why should ANY welfare farmer pay them if Bundy’s don’t? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/11/stories/1063727247?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #65: Ammon Bundy says not YET ready for rebellion! Can’t govt. (e.g., Justice or IRS) attach Bundy’s bank accounts? They have ragged about not paying grazing fees for yrs. Why should ANY welfare farmer pay them if Bundy’s don’t? See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/11/stories/1063727247?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #64: Save 50% of Land-Water for Nature by 2050—more evidence for it. Study shows that land left to nature worth more than farmed/developed! It not just good ethics—it is rational for humans to do for own good! See https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/08/land-could-be-worth-more-left-to-nature-than-when-farmed-study-finds-aoe?emci=616b13a9-ee81-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=42690fae-6982-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&ceid=326118 Biden #63: States on wolf-killing craze incl. Wisconsin & Montana. To use slob hunting, unlimited seasons, & every unfair tool to kill them b/c hunters too lazy & inept to do it w/o these measures. Proves once more NEED for FEDERAL ESA & why states can’t be trusted to preserve wildlife. See https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-wildlife-animals-lakes-billings-5eda7213f2cbec6c3d46897e74dddf80?emci=616b13a9-ee81-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=42690fae-6982-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&ceid=326118 Biden #62: Proof that Univ Wyo study cited by Sen. Lummis phony! Study claimed bad effects from Biden drilling pause but Energy Info. study proves wrong. Why? Trump Ad. recklessly leased & drilled lands despite glut—causing at least 2-year surplus. UW should be ashamed & should condemn their industry-funded & lackey Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute” See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/03/11/stories/1063727195?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire Biden #61: Irony: Republicans now pushing for “transparency” in government! For last 4 years, Trump Admin. did everything they could to kill FOIA & Amy Coney Barrett just finished the job excusing politicos from disclosing scientific findings. What hypocrites! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/03/10/stories/1063727025?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #60: Katie Porter to bring some common sense to energy industry’s use of public lands: She says: “"Since the last royalty increase in 1920, technology has changed and become more efficient, the economy has changed, but the royalty rate has stayed the same” & Had the rate gone up at all over the years, she continued, oil and gas drilling "could have generated $12.4 billion in the last decade — money for schools, hospitals, rural development, conservation projects.” In other words, Porter’s bill would help public in energy-producing states but Repub. industry lackeys like Gosar are up in arms—they only care about their industry campaign contributors—not their state. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/03/10/stories/1063727053?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #59: See shoddy Univ. of Wyoming Report by its (industry funded) “Enhanced Oil Recovery Institute”—it’s a 11 page document that is anything but impressive. No actual names on the report—no wonder! See https://www.eoriwyoming.org/downloads/Impact-of-Federal-Drilling-and-Leasing-Moratorium-on-Wyomings-Oil-Industry.pdf Biden #58: Republicans want consensus on monuments! There already is one—Restore the monuments! Surveys already show plurality of Utahans (& U.S. public) FAVOR Obama-sized monuments! It’s a small group of politicos & industry lobbyists who dominate Utah’s politics who want the cuts. Pew Charitable Trusts. Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Survey Fielded.2016 (1) https://www.coloradocollege.edu/newsevents/newsroom/2018-conservation-in-the-westpollreleased#.WmttdqinH= (2) Pew Charitable Trusts. Utah: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Survey Fielded.2016. 2018 Conservation in the West Poll Released - Colorado College (3) https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/03/09/stories/1063726965?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #57: Good News: Biden’s Interior lets Jorjani’s overturns idiotic opinion on allowing killing of migratory birds w/o penalty. Interior’s defense of Jorjani’s ruling was a joke b/c it actually PROVED why the ruling made no sense! See Trump #1151 below for details! & https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/08/stories/1063726893?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #56: Bad News: Biden’s Interior approves first road thru Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. There is nothing more destructive than a road to wilderness & wildlife. Inexplicable unless this is a “Thank You” to Murkowski for voting for Haaland but given she would have been approved anyway, it’s costly thanks. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/03/08/stories/1063726913?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #55: Good News: Biden appointee to BLM is not an ex-lobbyist but was senior counsel for Audubon Society. Since every Interior political appointee under Trump was lobbyist for industry, this shows conservation back on agenda! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/08/stories/1063726895?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #54: Coney Barrett said “draft of BIOPIC” was done by “LOWER LEVEL staff” (i.e., BIOLOGISTS) but then sent to DECISIONMAKERS” (i.e., ex-lobbyists Bernhardt & Wheeler) so professional opinion can be disregarded! Yes, Decisionmakers are politicians but decisions on Clean Water & End. Species should be based on SCIENCE. Also, Barrett said that “executives” like Wheeler-Bernhardt should not have to operate in an open ”Fish Bowl.” Well, if you are making decisions about water quality & end. species, ALL of the DATA gathered, surely by scientists, should be available for public scrutiny. Whose interest is more important—public’s right to know or Wheeler-Bernhardt’s justified embarrassment about their industry-favoring decisions! Barrett's references to lower level staff suggest that she doesn't understand that it is the professional staff (here scientists) who do the fact-gathering and then turn over the facts to politicos (ex-lobbyists) in charge. She seems to imply that "lower level employees" views and knowledge are inferior to the top executives! If so, this reveals her deep ignorance. Trump's top Interior Executives were ALL EX-LOBBYISTS with NO CREDENTIALS to make ESA decisions. To think their "sensibilities" might be affected by the release of facts is laughable. In my book, I detail how time after time Interior politicos kept scientific reports hidden or dismissed them so they could help their industry pals. I also detail how in every NEPA case, they listed & then proceeded to IGNORE ALL NEGATIVE environmental consequences of industry actions. Thus the idea that executive deliberations need to be protected is ridiculous--when dealing with clear water or the existence of species, the PRESUMPTION should be in favor of OPEN access to facts & it would take a very strange exception to justify keeping such facts from the public. Barrett is either ignorant of how government works or does not care that professional scientists work is sabotaged by politicos. See https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/19-547 & my book referenced on this site's home page. Biden #52: Coney Barrett’s stupid FOIA ruling: She ruled that biological opinions that contained FACTS on how EPA proposed action would harm endangered species were just “drafts of drafts” b/c they had not been approved by EPA Admins. Who didn’t give a damn about end. species. So, if Interior doesn’t like facts submitted to them, don’t approve these “draft” & make decisions on basis of what your favorite industry wants. Coney Barrett should be sent back to law school & take Elena Kagan with her! See https://www.google.com/search? The gist of this decision is that the public doesn't have a right to view facts & has nothing to do with protecting sensibilities unless you think corrupt decisions favoring industry deserve to be protected! The decision refers to the fact that the BIOP was done by "lower level staff and then sent to decisionmakers." That means it was done by professional wildlife professionals but then submitted to political appointees like David Bernhardt who never paid slightest attention to any information that hindered industry. The decision wants to prevent EPA from living in a "fishbowl." Well, when making life-death decisions about human or endangered species, facts about jeopardy should be open to the public. EPA's heads under Trump don't have any sensibilities that makes them worried about making decisions favoring industry--that is their standard operating procedure. Whose interest should take priority--that public's or these officials who fear that their decisionmaking may be called to account? The answer is obvious. This decision wipes out the efficacy of FOIA & announces the beginning of a terrible legacy from Justice Barrett. See https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/19-547 Biden #51: Even bats are smarter than Trumpites who refuse to wear masks! Study found bats distance selves from sick friends & sick ones distant themselves for good of colony! Of course, some good may come of it as Darwin's survival of the fittest may reduce this population of idiots. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/05/stories/1063726769?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #50: Yahoos run Wyoming Senate—don’t want anybody but energy industry lackeys on oversight Board! They rejected Dems. nominated by Republican governor with NO REASON other than they didn’t promise to be industry lackeys. Add this to psychopathic attack on wolves as reasons why these states are incapable of protecting environment. See https://www.wyofile.com/senate-rejects-three-gordon-nominees-to-citizen-oversight-boards/ Biden #49: Wyoming resident Britney Wallesch refutes critics of Biden Pause on Drilling: (1) The last time costs per acre for federal leases were evaluated was 1987 auctioning off for as little as $1.50 acre, only ½ comes back to the state. Leases last for 5/10 yrs each& no reqts. to develop & prevent other uses like rec. and conserv. (2) 38% of leased acres are NOT PRODUCING AT ALL. Read her article at https://www.wyofile.com/critics-should-pause-themselves-to-consider-leasing-pause-potential/ Biden #48: Coney Barrett’s First Stupid Ruling: She, & other conserv. justices & Kagan (!) approved EPA’s keeping secret BIOLOGICAL OPINIONS b/c supposedly to preserve deliberative process! These opinions consist of Basic FACTUAL reasons why EPA’s decision would harm end. species--nothing to do with sensitive info other than it makes their decision appear stupid b/c it ignores these facts! They’re protecting the public from knowing FACTS essential to understanding why Trump’s EPA pandered to industry. Using this same flawed “executive deliberation” excuse was employed to keep facts behind cutting BEARS EARS monument and not providing info. To USGAO on energy industry. If this phony excuse is allowed in such cases, it makes FOIA useless as a tool to discover poor & illegal govt. decisions. I have covered Trump’s Interior Dept. use of this in my book, See Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department https://author.amazon.com/books/editionsMaster?marketplace=ATVPDKIKX0DER&titleset=B08V13KF5B Biden #47: Biden ends Trump’s so-called “open-science” order—hysterical labeling b/c Trump’s Interior (& EPA) tried to prevent science from being used for dmking, PERIOD! Bernhardt-Zinke hid info on everything from monuments to BLM move. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/03/stories/1063726533?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #46: S. Dakota Gov. Noem in contention to be female version of Trump—forbids conservation officers from investigating poaching on private property. She believes in privacy rights—for poachers & slob hunters! That's her constituency & she's "gonna" protect them! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/03/stories/1063726503?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #45: State-sponsored Bounty-Slob Hunting: Montana wants to allow payments by livestock/hunting grps. To kill wolves, allow unlimited killing, night-vision scopes & lights, use baiting, snares, & extended seasons. Anyone need any further proof why FEDERAL ESA is needed to preserve species & wolves need continuous protection? Any concept of fair chase as followed by Teddy R. is irrelevant to these slob hunters. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/02/stories/1063726373?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #44: How Liz Cheney Gets Trumpites to Like her again: Urges killing of grizzly bears. Nothing like showing affection for blood lust pursuits like slob hunting to win the hearts of Trump voters! Tried & True way to restore Repub. reputation after committing honorable action! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/03/02/stories/1063726305?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #43: Imagine—Biden won’t allow Welfare Ranchers who set fire to public lands have permits! It’s amazing how sane decisions like this seem extraordinary after 4 years of BIZARRE Trump-Bernhardt Admin. of Interior but that’s the case! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/03/01/stories/1063726279?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #42: No surprise—BLM morale sank under Trump-Bernhardt-Pendley. BLM staff said “the last four years, very little information was sought from employees, and very little information was shared.” So, in addition to being a huge jerk, Pendley was incompetent. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/02/25/stories/1063726063?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #41: Daines asks: Why shouldn’t grizzly mgnt be given back to states? B/c only Fed. laws hold bear& wolf haters from exterminating them. Check out Idaho that wants to use snowmobiles, ATVs, powered parachutes, & aircraft to kill wolves year-round w/NO LIMITS. With friends of Daines in charge, guess what would happen! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/25/stories/1063726007?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #40: Attention Slob Hunters: There’s new film on Youtube that you’ll love-"Wildlife Killing Contests." It’ll get you in mood to jump into your plane or snowmobile & kill wolves! See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV0UZsaMjMM&feature=youtu.be Biden #39: Poll shows 59 percent of Western Voters support for strictly limiting oil and gas development on public lands. Yet Daines says Haaland is “radical.” Truth is Daines & other Western Republicans are radically out of touch with their public. Time to send these industry lackeys packing. See https://medium.com/westwise/western-voters-say-go-big-on-protecting-public-lands-conserving-nature-and-tackling-climate-10b5d1ff61 #38: Haaland is a moderate on energy. Read 2021 Col. College Poll that shows Westerners support conservation & action against climate change over fossil fuel/ranching interests. It’s Western politicos like Daines, Barrasso, Lee who are radicals—opposing majority consensus! See https://medium.com/westwise/western-voters-say-go-big-on-protecting-public-lands-conserving-nature-and-tackling-climate-10b5d1ff61 Biden #37: Slob Hunting ascendant in Idaho—they want to use snowmobiles, ATVs, powered parachutes, & aircraft to kill wolves year-round w/NO LIMITS. So much for the concept of “fair chase”—these Yahoos are too fat, lazy & incompetent for that. Their goal to reduce pop. from 1500 to 500—Only Federal ESA prevents them from wiping out whole pop. In Wis., state DNR scurried to kill wolves because fear that “Biden admin. might re-list wolves & deny Wisconsin hunters a season. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/24/stories/1063725883?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire & https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/24/stories/1063725887?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #36: Daines to Haaland: "You co-sponsored legislation that provided federal protections for the grizzly bear in perpetuity forever. Why would you sponsor a bill like that?" Because, like VAST majority of Americans, she values grizzlies over welfare rancher cows on public lands! This is impossible for someone like Daines who only views conservation as something to give lip service to for a brief moment in order to be reelected. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/24/stories/1063725887?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #35: Injustice! Haaland has to defend Monuments & TR’s Antiquities Act from Yahoos like Mike Lee! Monuments created by the Act have become loved by Westerners—just not energy-ranchers who want to exploit public lands. They want to drill-mine for pennies and public often winds up with losses. Look at Wyoming where Interior Dept will lose MILLIONS due to coal co. (Blackwater jewel) bankruptcy. Lee, Barrasso, & Daines should be apologizing for their destruction of pub. lands. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/02/23/stories/1063725805?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm & https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/23/stories/1063725759?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #34: 180 Degree BLM Turn! Biden names Audubon Conservationist to replace Pendley who hates the ESA & any wildlife that get in way of profit! He cuts monuments & protections for sage grouse that Culver supported. It’s like coming out of the ice age & dark age into new Interior World! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/22/stories/1063725669?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #33: Haaland’s no wealthy, fat trophy hunter like Bernhardt—she has Haaland has modest resources & a student loan from 2006. Senate not used to dealing with real middle class candidates after Trump’s fat cat nominees! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/22/stories/1063725667?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #32: Florida Govt. figs. Show manatees killed in large nos. mostly due to human activity such as poor water pollution enforcement, & boat collisions. Florida govt. has been concerned about invasive species killing native species like Burmese pythons—but by far MAIN invasive species responsible are humans! Need to commit to save 50% of evmnt. by 2050 for wildlife. See https://www.peer.org/record-manatee-mortality-in-new-year/ Biden #31: Money Talks, Bullshit Walks: See how Daines has taken over $1 Million from Energy Industry & Barasso gots lots of his $ in 2020. Daines phony conservationist can’t do too much for industry. They are afraid of Sec. of Interior who cares about what PUBLIC wants as surveys overwhelmingly show—not to treat public lands as if they industry’s “playground.” See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/02/22/stories/1063725549?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily & https://www.eenews.net/assets/2021/02/22/document_daily_01.pdf Biden #30: How will Senators like Rubio and Scott from FL vote on Haaland?! They acted to support conservation and against drilling offshore for their state while Bernhardt/Zinke/Trump tried to destroy it but will they vote for conservation for other states? Biden #29: Phony alarm on lease pauses! Energy industry lackeys squawking about pause in leasing is a joke! Rpt. Shows that huge amount of them are idle & bring in pennies. Trump Admin went on leasing overleasing frenzy. Energy industry wants to stockpile when could be put to more productive use. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/19/stories/1063725523?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #28: UN Report makes point: Humans need to prioritize other living things—they have dominated world resulting in threats to any species that get in their way. Idea of preserving 30% by 2030 is decent goal but 50% should be long term goal as E. Wilson says. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/19/stories/1063725507?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #27: Education’s Gain is Natural Resources Loss: Bobert not allowed on Educat. Committee but on Nat. Resources Comm. so another gun-totin Repub. Yahoo who will try to shoot down any conservation measures. See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/02/19/stories/1063725461?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #26: Read story on how Texas oil-gas industry to blame for power failure--failed to winterize their system & industry dominated regulation caused failure. Now trying to blame renewables. Climate change producing changes in jet streams underlying cause. Phony dopes like George P. Bush & Steve Daines ignore facts—Republicans have become Know-Nothing Party. See https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/opinion/texas-blackout-energy-abbott.html?campaign_id=39&emc=edit_ty_20210218&instance_id=27238&nl=opinion-today®i_id=10365419&segment_id=51882&te=1&user_id=1575e2a05f37205a27ca72946056eae7 Biden #25: Biden’s BLM is revoking plan to have large scale solar dev. protected areas for wildlife. Why? Because they actually believe in “BALANCED LAND MANAGEMENT” & conservation of wildlife. Trump’s Interior chose Industry over conservation IN EVERY DECISION they made where the two were at odds. I prove this in my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department.” It’s great to see Interior finally paying attention again to FLPMA that requires conservation to be on par with dev. See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/02/17/stories/1063725335?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #24: Human Threats to Other Species: overfishing is threatening extinction of sawfish. Points out that entirely new orientation needed towards conservation—inexorable human made changes from development, agric. & pesticides, noise, overfishing continue to expand & kill other species. Time for by far most invasive species ever (humans) to give priority to saving other species by something like E. Wilson’s 50 by 50 program. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/11/stories/1063724949?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #23: Remember how every new day under Trump, Interior would do several bad things?! It’s great to see good news under Biden like making sure that U.S. public gets deserved royalties from oil-gas! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/11/stories/1063724955?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #22: Biden stopped TRUMP LWCF from gutting of program for urban area projects. Industry Lackeys like Daines ignored this change but brags about his conservation achievements. See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/11/stories/1063724967?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #21: Daines says Haaland’s views are “radical” & will oppose her nomination. Baloney! Conservation of public lands & wildlife are bedrock American values as proven by surveys over 60 yrs. & support for these protections is growing all the stronger. If you read critics of environmentalism and laws such as the Endangered Species Act, they view conservationists as an “elite” and a small sliver of U.S. public opinion. For example, when Bernhardt (Aug. 9, 2018) proposed weakening the ESA, he referred to them as “special interest groups” who have been “hyperbolic and unhelpful in promoting [what he viewed as] constructive discussion.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Conservation of public lands and protections for wildlife are bedrock American values as proven by surveys over two generations and support for these protections is growing all the stronger. A large-scale national survey showed that the majority of public believes that wildlife protections should be not be weakened to support public ranchers. Colorado College has conducted a series of annual surveys of residents of western states and found consistently strong MAJORITY support for conservation and wildlife protections OVER the interests of industry. Its 2020 (Colorado College, Jan. 2020) survey was conducted by a team made up of both Republican and Democratic survey teams. Here are some key findings:
Biden #20: Anthropocene: Inexorable but “invisible” (to most humans) changes that doom other species: Article shows how ships & other human noises have changed soundscape to harm sea creatures which have declined by ½ since 1970. Other changes: growth of agriculture, human pops. around protected areas, plastics & pesticides that poison habitats—shows why protecting 30% by 2030 is just modest & 1st step to repairing human damage to world envmnt. See https://science.sciencemag.org/content/371/6529/eaba4658 Trump #1172: I have just published a book titled “Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department.” It’s a detailed study of Trump’s Interior’s destructive actions against conservation sacrificed in every case where there was a choice between protecting wildlife and industry profits. It has in depth coverage of their tactics to weaken both the Nat. Environmental Protection Act and the Endangered Species Act. It demonstrates how Trump’s Interior was able to ignore or subvert all of the traditional protections against illegal and unethical actions such as ethical rules and staff, inspector generals, the Government Accountability Office, Congressional oversight, and legislative acts (e.g., FOIA and the Hatch Act) without incurring any penalties for their misdeeds. It demonstrates how Trump’s Interior misused and abused public comments and mechanisms involved in environmental impact reviews. It details how Trump’s Interior made illegal use of NPS resources for his campaign. It explores the crisis in funding for conservation due to their exclusive focus on trophy hunting as a source of revenues. It concludes that wildlife conservation needs a total rethinking that does not constrain itself to incrementalism and rearguard actions that characterized the Obama and Clinton Interior Department actions. The book fully documents all of its points and has 45 pages of references in addition to its 155 pages of text. Here is the Table of Contents: Contents Preface. 1 Chapter 1: Evolution of the Interior Department 2 Why Department of Interior?. 6 Trump’s Disastrous Interior Secretaries: Ryan Zinke and David Bernhardt 8 Chapter 2: Energy Mania and the Unwise Use of Natural Resources. 10 Zinke’s Horrendous Start: Energy Dominance and the Unbalanced Use of Natural Resources. 10 Trump’s Interior and Industry: Nothing Else Matters. 12 Compensatory Mitigation under Trump: Do Not Worry About Destroying Habitat 17 Industry Lobbyist Bernhardt takes over. 18 How important does the General Public View Conservation and Wildlife Protection?. 27 Nothing Too Big or Small for Industry, Only Crumbs for the Public. 28 Diverting Funds from Conservation to Protect the Border. 29 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Under Trump: Dedicated to Sacrificing its Wildlife Mission to Industry. 30 Trump’s Great Outdoors Act: Only Fear Can Overcome Industry First Principle. 34 Chapter 3: Only “Nature” Concern is Trophy Hunting. 37 Chapter 4: Politics and Charismatic Wildlife Species: Love, Hate, and Passion. 45 Wild Horses: Even Trump’s Industry-Dominated Interior Cannot Kill 47 Chapter 5: Trump’s Interior Department’s Ethical Cesspool 50 Chapter 6: Trump’s Interior versus Accountability. 60 Daniel Jorjani: Lawyer and a Fountain of Lies. 62 Inspector Generals: No Help for Accountability and the Perversion of FOIA in Trump’s Interior. 66 Federal Judges Only Effective Response to Trump Attack on Conservation. 68 Chapter 7: Trump’s Interior’s Attempts to Undermine The NEPA.. 75 Trump CEQ’s Response to Comments: No Science Necessary!. 79 Chapter 8: Trump’s Interior: Lousy Administrators! 86 BLM’s Backwards Move West 93 Trump’s Interior Pandering to Public Range Ranchers: Welfare Recipients that Dominate Public Lands Policy 101 Chapter 9: Federalism Under Trump: Let States Do What They Want! 103 The Republican Nightmare Vision for Federalism.. 106 Chapter 10: Endangered Species Become More Endangered Under Trump’s Interior 110 Trump’s Interior Team: They Hate the ESA.. 112 Trump’s Team “Updates” The ESA.. 116 How to Undermine The ESA: Redefine Critical Habitat 120 The Real Benefits and Costs of the Endangered Species Act and other Environmental Regulations. 123 Chapter 11: Trump Interior’s Abuse of Science. 129 Chapter 12: Industry Interest Groups’ Takeover of Trump’s Interior 135 Chapter 13: Trump’s Interior versus the Future. 141 Conservation Funding for the Future. 143 Chapter 14: Conclusion: Needed: A Department of Interior that is Ethical and Treasures Conservation. 146 References 156 It’s available as a Kindle E-book or paperback at https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Biden #19: Biden reverse stupid Jorjani-Bernhardt decision on Migratory Bird Treaty. Trump’s weakening of treaty made no sense & Jorjani’s defense of it was idiotic: Here is why: Trump Admin’s rule admits that “costs of actions businesses typically implement to reduce effects on birds are small…including small businesses”!! These protections have been in effect for 50 yrs with no absurd prosecutions that USFWS discusses. So why sacrifice protections for NO GOOD REASON? The rule would make Scalia happy as they cite his dissenting opinions to support their ridiculous changes. Tables 1 & 2 on p. 5923-5924 PROVE that current rule has no SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS on business! The new rule talks about “absurdity”—well this whole rewrite is absurd—done for no good reason other than to demonstrate dedication to overturning any restrictions at all on industry in their ability to harm wildlife. It now reduces the Treaty to protecting against hunting while the text shows that the major takings of migratory birds are due to incidental take which will now be legal! Here are the causes of killing MILLIONS OF BIRDS that will NO LONGER BE COVERED!
“It is anticipated that some entities that currently employ mitigation measures to reduce or eliminate incidental migratory bird take would reduce or curtail these activities given the legal certainty provided by this proposed regulation. Others may continue to employ these measures voluntarily for various reasons, including continued compliance with other Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. The Service does not have information available to quantify these potential cost savings. Given our lack of specific data to estimate the cost savings from reduced implementation of mitigation measures and increased legal certainty, we ask for such data to inform analysis of the proposed rule’s potential cost savings.” What excuse is there for proposing such an ill-thought out rule: An ideological commitment to reducing costs to industry regardless of impacts which, in this case, would be bad actors who fail to take preventive measures to protect migratory birds. This is the theme of my new book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department It contains detailed coverage of the Trump Administration's destructive actions concerning wildlife and conservation. It is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 In short, the text describing the new Migratory Bird Treaty rule PROVES that it will be harmful to birds by removing protections from major causes of them dying and will NOT HELP business in any significant way! How stupid is this? See Biden decision at : https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/02/04/stories/1063724421?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Trump #1171: Pendley’s proud of his “accomplishments:” 1. Never nominated to head BLM b/c even Republicans didn’t want to be asso. with him; 2. His BLM move was so bad that only 13% moved! 3. Gave away leases for nothing in middle of oil-gas glut—that even industry said was stupid! 4. Stated policy to let local Sheriffs decide BLM policy. What more can you say about this idiot other than THANK GOD HE’S GONE! See https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/02/03/stories/1063724265?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #18: Who’s in charge at Interior? FWS Gary Frazier just called for ending listing of gray wolves. Who’s in charge that is forcing this decision? Is it him alone? What right does this toady to Bernhardt have to do this? Haaland confirmation may be delayed & Bernhardt lackey Scott de la Vega is Acting Director—is he the problem? If so, get rid of him! See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/02/02/stories/1063724165?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm Biden #17: Get rid of Gary Frazier—FWS official who supported Bernhardt’s blocking release of pesticides harmful to wildlife—he said “Bernhardt didn’t have to twist my arms” to do it! He’s an example of supposed professional who exhibited cowardice under Trump & should be sent packing. Now he wants to continue delisting of gray wolves! Get rid of this Tumpite! For details see my book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department p61 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Biden #16: Oil-Gas: Shrieking at 1st Royalty Increase in 100 years! States like Texas & Wyoming have had higher rates for yrs! Energy industry like public range ranchers have been pampered forever—time to pay their fair share! See https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/02/01/stories/1063723953?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire Trump #1170: Repubs. criticize Biden ban on leasing for oil-gas b/c not "multiple use"! In my book, I document case after case of how Trump Interior listed harmful conserv. impacts of all of their energy projects & then ignored them & selected WORSE POSSIBLE choice! That was their so-called NEPA Review. Time after time, they repeated following refrain: NEPA is just a Procedure & you can select harmful choices regardless of how bad they are for the evmnt. See https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Trump #1169: Interior’s Defense for Using Donald Trump’s personal Twitter Handle: “Then-Interior spokesperson…refuted criticism noting that both the Office of the Solicitor & Ethics Office had approved” it—Sure, Jorjani & Scott de la Vega (Acting director of Interior) approved EVERY UNETHICAL DEED presented to them by bigwigs! I cover in depth Jorjani’s & de la Vega’s incredible sleaze in my new book. See https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Biden #15: Repubs Squawk about leasing stop is Nonsense! Trump’s BLM leased like crazy for 4 years even during NO DEMAND period & currently almost 26 million acres of BLM under lease half of which are idle (Kelly et al., May 23, 2019). So makes NO SENSE to require more leasing after this reckless period. Kochan, law professor says full ban against MULTIUSE law. Well, Trump’s ignored conservation uses for 4 years, turning monuments into drill sites & grazing fields ignoring FLMPA MULTIUSE law—didn’t hear Repubs or Kochan complaining about that! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/01/29/stories/1063723841?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily & https://www.eenews.net/energywire/2021/01/28/stories/1063723765?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aenergywire & https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/green/reports/2019/05/23/470140/backroom-deals/ Trump #1168: How Big a Liar is Bernhardt (and Pendley)?! Huge! Turns out that 87% of BLM's staff refused to move & Bernhardt/Pendley hid the enormity of their failure. One more proof that Bernhardt was a STUPID & LOUSY Administrator contrary to image he tried to project! See https://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/2021/01/28/stories/1063723835?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeenewspm My New Book Reveals the Dirty Deeds by Trump-Bernhardt-Zinke Interior Department: Detailed account of 4 years of unethical and illegal deeds that they got away with due to unwillingness or inability of Ethics Office, Inspector Generals, Congressional Review Committees, and Governmental Accountability Office to do anything about. Each misdeed is fully documented. Book has 150 pages of text along with 45 pages of references backing up assertions. See Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TYY51KR?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Here is example of one misdeed: Bernhardt's Pesticide Action that Interior IG found "acceptable:" Bernhardt’s tactics to avoid accountability and hide information from the public are exemplified in his role to block the release of a USFWS report (written by the agency’s scientists) that “found that two of the pesticides, malathion and chlorpyrifos, were so toxic that they could “jeopardize the continued existence” of more than 1,200 endangered birds, fish and other animals and plants, a conclusion that could lead to tighter restrictions on use of the chemicals” (Lipton, March 26, 2019). The report was completed in August of 2017 and was scheduled to be released in November of 2017, but David Bernhardt intervened to block the release. The restrictions on these chemicals would have hurt Dow which had donated $1 million to Mr. Trump’s inauguration committee. Gary Frazier, USFWS’s top official whose job is to protect endangered species, said he did not believe the change in policy was “politically driven” (Lipton, March 26, 2019)! Frazier did not argue with this policy change—he said Bernhardt did not have to “twist arms to get agreement! Records show that Bernhardt did not have any involvement until November when he suddenly had 9 meetings about the report & wrote the letter that said Interior would NOT release the report. Bernhardt adopted the industry’s argument that the federal scientists’ conclusions were flawed because they were based on the volume of pesticides that could be legally used but should be based on how they were actually used. There are serious weaknesses in this argument. The scientist’s position concerned the jeopardy threat if users decided to use it to their legally allowed limits—the agency has no way of predicting how it will be used. Chlorpyrifos and malathion have “high toxicity” for all animals both “direct and indirect” (Lipton, March 26, 2019) and their use would be continued for many years and thus cumulative effects would increase through time. Moreover, a basic rule to follow in conservation is the “precautionary principle” to give priority to endangered species whenever there is uncertainty (Doremus, 2004, 415). Bernhardt blocked revelation of the report until a FOIA request forced them to release it! Interior’s (then) Ethics Chief, Scott de la Vega, investigated and he conceded that Bernhardt’s intervention was highly unusual, but did not find anything wrong with it! Here is Bernhardt’s explanation of why he changed the decision (Lipton, March 26, 2019): "I was troubled because, as I read it, a massive amount of work had gone into a process that I looked at and thought, 'This is completely and totally against our regulatory paradigm, and what a pathetic waste of our energy, effort and resources without legal intervention,'" Bernhardt said. He is speaking about blocking a report and recommendations about dangerous pesticides based on Interior’s own scientists as being a “waste”! Bernhardt’s statement is correct in one sense: The report and its recommendations were totally against Bernhardt’s regulatory paradigm which is to never rule against industry—forget the science! Eric Lipton (March 26, 2019) of the New York Times has written a detailed account of this ethical scandal. As usual, neither Interior’s IGs nor their numerous ethical staff like de la Vega ever are willing to find Bernhardt & his political appointees guilty of wrongdoing. In this case, it is clear that Bernhardt was following a different decision rule or The Industry First Principle: Favor industry whenever there is a conflict between industry wants and endangered species. One would hope that some professional USFWS employees would speak out but instead, like Frazier, they toe the energy dominance line. Trump #1167: New Republican on House NR Committee is Lauren Bobert—she carries a glock! Too bad she didn’t use it on Trumpites storming Capitol—Oh, that’s right—she supported the coup! Probably would have liked to use it on Pelosi! See https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2021/01/26/stories/1063723497?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Aeedaily Biden #14: Report shows that NPS Spent 4000 hours working on Trump’s RNC Fireworks Show. RNC reimbursed NPS but NPS employees not supposed to be used as campaign workers! De la Vega, acting Int. Dir., undoubtedly can provide excuse for approving this! See https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/national-park-service-spent-4000-hours-working-on-trumps-rnc-fireworks-show/ Biden #13: Reagan appointee judge just ruled FWS must release red wolves in NC! History of NC red wolves illustrates how tiny # of landowners dominates policy towards this species despite support of majority for them. I cover this in detail in my new book, Industry First: The Attack on Conservation by Trump’s Interior Department. NC wildlife officials tried to declare them extinct & landowners did everything they could to kill red wolf program but surveys showed that vast majority of NC wanted them & finally new governor even supported them! https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2021/01/25/stories/1063723425?utm_campaign=edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eenews%3Agreenwire Biden #12: Great article in Revelator on how Obama’s BLM failed to act against its anti-conservation culture & warns Biden NOT TO HIRE OBAMA sta
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sharon mulkey
8/8/2019 12:28:59 pm
Bruce Rocheleau you are my hero! Unbelievably awesome of you to have made a huge project of noting ALL THIS terrible stewardship under trumps administration. It will help with the fight against these morons.
Doug Jones
3/1/2020 02:40:17 pm
Most sources that this website cites is from almost all Left-wing media outlets. EENEWS, New York Times, and The Washington Post. Seems like most is biased.
Doug Jones
3/1/2020 02:57:55 pm
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