Trump administration delayed releasing documents related to Yellowstone superintendent’s firing

Read the full story in The Hill» The release of internal documents sought by The Hill related to the replacement last year of Yellowstone National Park Superintendent Dan Wenk were delayed by the Interior Department under a new rule that gives political appointees more say over what is released. Interior political officials held back the release of […]

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Number of criminal environmental cases referred to DOJ by Interior at nearly 25-year low

Read the full story in The Hill» The number of criminal environmental enforcement cases brought by the Interior Department has decreased by nearly 40 percent since 2016, according to internal data shared with The Hill. Criminal environmental cases that often deal with unlicensed big-game hunting, illegal drug running, or oil and gas theft have all dropped […]

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Collins receives more donations from Texas fossil fuel industry than from Maine residents

Read the full story in The Hill» Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) received nearly $50,000 in campaign donations last quarter from the Texas oil and gas industry, a number more than five times the amount in donations she received from Maine residents. In the first quarter of the 2019 funding year, the senator, who is up for reelection in 2020, snagged roughly $49,300 from Texas-based […]

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