Environment

Trump’s Bizarre $1 Billion Payoff to Halt Offshore Wind

Jake Bittle, Rebecca Egan McCarthy / Grist Mar 25, 2026 The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environment

The Colorado River Is Nearing Collapse. It’s Trump’s Problem Now.

Jake Bittle, Rebecca Egan McCarthy / Grist Feb 27, 2026 After the driest winter in decades, the Interior Department must force seven bickering states to agree on drastic water cuts. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump Destroyed Offshore Wind. The Northeast Can’t Live Without It.

Jake Bittle / Grist Jan 28, 2026 To keep the lights on, states like New York and Massachusetts will need to build projects that are currently “impossible.” Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Environment

The Gutting of the National Park Service

Blaine Harden / Inside Climate News Jan 27, 2026 Cutting nearly a quarter of the agency’s staff decimated institutional knowledge in a way that can’t easily be righted and threatens to break the emotional bonds Americans have with public lands. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Editorial Cartoons

Interior Department Pushover

Paul Duginski Oct 13, 2025 Dig deeper

Environment

Trump’s Purge of ‘Negative’ National Park Signs Includes Climate Change

Kate Yoder / Grist Oct 2, 2025 National parks are melting, burning and drying out. Rangers are being forced to take down signs explaining why. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Environment

Trump’s Nominee for Interior Attempted To Rip Up Rules Governing Public Lands

Mary Steurer, Mark Olalde / North Dakota Monitor and ProPublica Jan 28, 2025 As North Dakota's governor, Doug Burgum sued the Interior Department at least five times. Now he’s set to run the agency. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Politics

Project 2025’s Extreme Vision for the West

Michelle Nijhuis, Erin X. Wong / High Country News Jul 26, 2024 The demolition of public lands, water and wildlife protections are part of conservatives’ plan for a second Trump term. 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 )

The Revolver (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Feb 14, 2019 Trump’s pick to lead the Department of the Interior has been through the revolving door between government and lobbying so much it’ll make your head spin. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Trump Administration’s Approach to the Environment Is Immoral

Jill Richardson / OtherWords Dec 17, 2018 Many "scientific" questions are more accurately considered moral questions. The EPA and Interior Department are failing in both areas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Former Oil Lobbyist Quietly Wields Power Behind the Scenes at the Interior Department

Ilana Novick Oct 9, 2018 Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt is “the ultimate D.C. swamp creature,” according to watchdog organizations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )