COMMENTARY | Trump’s Challenge to the Climate Endangerment Finding: Another Tragic Farce
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Laurie Williams | September 16, 2025
Trump is grabbing the bull by the horns and proposing to rescind the Endangerment Finding altogether. His plan for doing so is both rash and outlandish ...
COMMENTARY | Growing Resistance to Trump’s Cuts Indicates Budget Battle Ahead
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Kaylee Rodriguez | August 28, 2025
If the Interior and Environment Appropriations bills move to the floor, we can expect a showdown between “skinny budget” loyalists and other members of Congress who are increasingly pushing back against the broad slashing of funds ...
COMMENTARY | Redefining the US Forest Service Mission
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Guest Contributor | August 27, 2025
An anonymous US Forest Service employee shares their concerns about the recent direction for implementing EO 14225 “Immediate Expansion of American Timber Production ...
COMMENTARY | Dumbing Down America’s Best Idea: National Parks in Free Fall
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Jeff Ruch | August 16, 2025
Even as the National Park Service sets new all-time visitation records, no one could claim our national parks are basking in a golden age ...
COMMENTARY | New Wave of Personnel Actions Threatens National Parks
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Kaylee Rodriguez | August 7, 2025
With peak visitation season underway, the National Park Service is struggling to keep up amid increasing uncertainty and understaffing ...
COMMENTARY | Commercial Space Activities and the Elimination Science at NOAA
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Tim Whitehouse | August 5, 2025
The Trump Administration is doing everything in its power to limit or eliminate science-based oversight of industry activities and is using the threat of "pocket rescissions" to prevent harm to favored industries ...