ALASKA DROPPED BALL ON RUNAWAY SHELL VESSEL
State Focused on Capacity of Towing Vessel to be Towed, Not on Its Ability to Tow
Department of Interior
News Releases
SCIENTIFIC WHISTLEBLOWER COMPLAINT RESOLVED
Successful Mediation under Auspices of U.S. Office of Special Counsel
ECO-LAWSUIT ADVANCES AGAINST CAPE WIND
Risk to Right Whale and other Threatened and Endangered Species Litigated
FAREWELL MESSAGE THAT BLM HAS LOST ITS WAY
Sole Focus on Commodities Threatens Natural Heritage, 44-Year Veteran Warns
RISING DOUBTS ON INDEPENDENCE OF INTERIOR INSPECTOR GENERAL
Staff Survey Shows Only 60% Believe IG Operates "Free from Improper Influence"
KAFKAESQUE IG POLAR BEAR REPORT AT ODDS WITH FACTS
Probe Commissioned to Plug Leaks and Root out Dissent on Arctic Offshore Drilling
DROWNED POLAR BEAR PROBE CLOSES WITH A WHIMPER
Unrelated Disclosures from 2007 and 2008 Dredged Up in Questionable Reprimand
INTERIOR IGNORED INVASIVE INTRODUCTION INTO ARCTIC WATERS
Exotic Organisms on Oil Drilling Equipment Excluded from Environmental Reviews
SCANT TESTING FOR ARCTIC BLOWOUT CAPPING SYSTEM
Safety Agency Can Produce Only One Page of Notes to Demonstrate Cap Reliability
DROWNED POLAR BEAR REPORT COMPLETED BUT UNRELEASED
Interior Inspector General Declares Itself Exempt from Scientific Integrity Policies
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Tortoise on the Half-Shell — Environmental Malpractice at Mojave National Preserve (November 1999) Details an inside account about how a federal agency legally dedicated to conservation has abdicated its responsibilities to the direct detriment of the natural resources and wildlife in its care. As a consequence of political presure and bureaucratic inertia, legal mandates have been flaunted, critical scientific data ignored and park managers have taken the posture that grazing at Mojave NP is, and will likely remain, unmonitored, unregulated and untouchable. more >> |
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War of Attrition — Sabotage of the Endangered Series Act by the U.S. Department of Interior (December 1997) The U.S. Department of the Interior consistently ignores its own scientists' recommendations to list species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). To stall discussion and shift the burden, the Department of the Interior is waiting for Congressional approval for a reauthorization bill that would greatly weaken the act. more >> |
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2005 Interior Biologists Told To Fundraise |
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Protest of Nomination of Craig Manson, for Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks |