Solutions www.nytimes.com The promise and pressures of Deb Haaland, the first Native American cabinet secretary As interior secretary, Ms. Haaland runs an agency once responsible for eradicating the homes, the culture and often the lives of Indigenous people.
Solutions House Democrat concerned Biden's future Interior secretary is already being undercut Rep. Raúl Grijalva says news that Michelle Lujan Grisham turned down the job will make the eventual nominee seem like second choice.
Politics Trump threatens Great American Outdoors Act With a key list of Land and Water Conservation Fund projects missing, political subterfuge threatens the bipartisan legislative achievement.
Solutions www.politico.com Amid jostling for Biden energy roles, New Mexicans stake claim on Interior Progressives, moderate Democrats are angling for key jobs if Biden wins the White House.
Causes www.politico.com Trump administration eyes speedy permit for Arctic National Wildlife Refuge seismic tests “This is unrealistically fast-tracked,” a DOI employee who has reviewed the application told POLITICO.
Impacts Bureau of Land Management proposes drilling on most of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska The Trump administration will propose opening up more than two-thirds of a remote Alaska reserve to oil and gas drilling, according to a document posted Thursday in the Federal Register, removing protections safeguarded under Ronald Reagan.
Causes www.outsideonline.com The Trump presidency is the worst ever for public lands "President Trump is the only president in U.S. history to have removed more public lands than he protected," reads the analysis.
