Environment

Wildland Firefighters Face a Massive Pay Cut if Congress Fails To Act

Brent C. Ruby / The Conversation Sep 27, 2023 Firefighters on the frontline of forest fires could find their pay go as low as $15 an hour if Congress doesn't make the 2022 wage bump permanent. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration Is Throwing Yet Another Agency Into Chaos

Mike Spies and J. David McSwane / ProPublica Sep 22, 2019 Inside the plan to weaken the agency, which stands between federal lands and oil, gas and mineral companies. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Judge Blocks Oil, Gas Drilling Over Climate Change

MATTHEW BROWN and MEAD GRUVER / The Associated Press Mar 20, 2019 The order is the latest in a string of court rulings that have faulted the U.S. for inadequate consideration of greenhouse gas emissions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Moves Ahead With Oil Leases Near Sacred Park

SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN / The Associated Press Jan 31, 2019 Land managers will sell oil and gas leases in New Mexico and Oklahoma near sites of cultural and religious significance to Native Americans. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. Officials Divulge Secret Information About Native American Artifacts

Jennifer Oldham / Reveal Jul 25, 2018 The Bureau of Land Management mistakenly posts online details on about 900 ancient cliff dwellings, spiritual structures, rock art panels and other antiquities in Utah. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Second Judge Tells Trump to Stop Stalling Clean-Air Rules

MATTHEW DALY / The Associated Press Feb 23, 2018 The California judge orders the Interior Department to reinstate the Obama-era regulation aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Open for Business: Lands Stripped From Utah Monuments

BRADY McCOMBS / The Associated Press Feb 3, 2018 For $212, anyone can stake a claim to land cut from federal protection by President Trump in December. But so far, there doesn't appear to be a rush to seize the opportunity. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Where Is the Outrage Over Anti-Immigrant Bills?

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jul 7, 2017 The “resistance” has been too compliant regarding two bills now before Congress. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Original Geo-Engineers: How to Save the Iconic West from the Cow

By Chip Ward, TomDispatch Jul 31, 2014 The great novelist Wallace Stegner sorted the conflicting impulses in his beloved American West into two camps: the “boomers” and the “nesters.” The modern version of the nesters are conservationists who try to partner with the ecosystems where they live. They understand that you cannot steer and control nature, but you might be able to dance with it. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

All the Missing Horses

By Dave Philipps, ProPublica Sep 29, 2012 Animal welfare advocates fear wild horses sold by the government to a well-known advocate of horse slaughter are being sent to the killing floor. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

The Lowdown on Fracking

By Lena Groeger, ProPublica Feb 18, 2012 Proposed new rules would require oil and gas companies to divulge the kinds and amounts of chemicals used in their underground hydraulic fracturing operations. But environmental and health advocates say drillers could exploit some loopholes. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Climate Activist Goes to Jail

Staff / Truthdig Jul 27, 2011 In his book "Civil Disobedience," Henry David Thoreau wrote: "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison" And prison is where a federal judge has put Tim DeChristopher, 29, after he posed in 2008 as a winning bidder (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )