What’s happening under Bernhardt’s watch in northwestern New Mexico illustrates in microcosm why he is perhaps the worst possible choice for the job as top steward of our public lands. Read more >
Trump Administration
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Fajada Butte, Chaco Canyon National Historical park, New Mexico. Photo: Adam Markham.
Chaco Canyon at Risk: Interior Nominee Bernhardt Wants to Drill on Lands Sacred to Tribes
Adam Markham, deputy director, Climate & Energy Program
February 19, 2019 3:24 PM EDT
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How the Government Shutdown Shredded Indian Health Services
Derrick Z. Jackson, fellow
February 8, 2019 1:49 PM EDT
The end of the partial government shutdown last month could not have come soon enough for Native Americans. For them, shutdown equaled full insult. Read more >
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Kids and Mercury Don’t Mix. You Have 60 Days to Tell the Trump Administration.
Kathleen Rest, executive director
February 6, 2019 4:45 PM EDT
The public comment period for the administration’s proposed roll back of mercury rules for power plants opens on Thursday, February 7. It’s a crafty, nasty, and dangerous proposal that could expose children and communities to more toxic air pollution from power plants. You now have have 60 days to tell the EPA that they should be protecting public health and safety, not throwing science and common sense out the window. Read more >
Will the Real State of the Union Please Stand Up? 7 Things President Trump Won’t Say
Andrew Rosenberg, director, Center for Science & Democracy
February 4, 2019 2:54 PM EDT
What *should* be in the speech are some of the truly great challenges we need to tackle as a nation, from climate change to nuclear weapons, transportation to public health. So I’ll be watching , live-tweeting using the #RealSOTU hashtag, and highlighting some of the crucial facts that the president will not. I hope you can join me. Read more >
Independent Science Takes Another Hit at the EPA: New Science Advisory Board Members Announced
Genna Reed, science and policy analyst, Center for Science and Democracy
February 1, 2019 9:46 AM EDT
The EPA released the names of eight new members yesterday. The verdict? Acting Administrator Wheeler is continuing the trend of undermining the independence and quality of scientific advice to the EPA, Read more >
