Protecting our environmental resources and promoting social justice
Bernhardt and Westlands Water District are pulling out all the stops to ensure this massive giveaway to corporate agriculture will go through. According to our allies at Earthjustice who are fighting the Trump administration in court over the project, “Westlands stands to gain more water from the project to deliver to its large corporate agriculture …
America for sale “Officially the people inside the Interior Department are saying that the ARC (The American Recreation Coalition, think snowmobiles), / SORE plan for selling off campgrounds and expanding “recreational activities” is still in its early stages and that there will be time for public comments ahead. But that’s not what the author of the …
A Voice for the Majority in the American West Call your senators and demand an end to the Interior Department’s corruption >> It’s possible to not be corrupt. Millions of people do it every day. But Trump’s Department of the Interior can’t seem to get through a single day without an incident of corruption. The …
“At her confirmation hearing earlier this month, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse highlighted Skipwith’s past work for Monsanto, a leading producer of an herbicide that has been linked to negative effects on honeybees and other wildlife. …..Skipwith’s ties to Giacometto and Gage, and through them to Westlands, raise questions about whether she will be able to act …
Take Action Now REJECT Bernhardt’s swamp creature mini-me Will you call your Senators at (202) 224-3121 and urge them to protect our public lands and wildlife by voting AGAINST Daniel Jorjani’s nomination as Bernhardt’s Interior Solicitor? The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee advanced the nomination of Daniel Jorjani, a former Koch brothers’ key employee …
Western Values Project: Take Action Now REJECT Bernhardt’s swamp creature mini-me Read More »
“Chris Saeger, executive director for the nonprofit Western Values Project, told ThinkProgress on Thursday that Bernhardt’s “special interest conflicts are longer than a CVS receipt” and that his leadership at DOI has already been disconcerting for public lands advocates. “Preventing the rot of corruption within America’s largest land managing agency will clearly require vigilant oversight …
Scandals mount at Interior under Bernhardt two weeks after being confirmed Read More »