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Zinke's Deputy: The Former Fossil Fuel Lobbyist Running the Interior Dept.

David Bernhardt's former clients have been getting the policy changes they wanted. Now his boss is resigning amid a series of ethics investigations.

By Marianne Lavelle

 David Bernhardt (middle) listens to Donald Trump talk. Credit: Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty ImagesDeputy Interior Secretary David Bernhardt (middle) listens to Donald Trump talk during a Cabinet meeting. Credit: Jabin Botsford/Washington Post
"I don't believe it," President Donald Trump told reporters on Nov. 26 when asked about the National Climate Assessment's finding that global warming is causing ongoing and lasting economic damage. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Unable to Bury Climate Report, Trump & Deniers Launch Assault on the Science

By Marianne Lavelle
Mining coal in Wyoming. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Court: Coal Mined From Public Lands Doesn't Need New Climate Impact Review

By John H. Cushman Jr.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Investigators: We Can’t Tell if Interior Dept. Reassignments Were Legal Due to Lack of Records

By Neela Banerjee
The U.S.S. Connecticut breaks through the ice on the Beaufort Sea during a submarine exercise in March 2018. Credit: Mass Communication 2nd Class Micheal H. Lee/U.S. Navy

Arctic Drilling Lease Sale Proposed for 2019 in Beaufort Sea, Once Off-Limits

By Sabrina Shankman
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, meeting here with miners in Pennsylvania, has pushed scientists off the EPA's Science Advisory Board and brought in representatives from industries the agency regulates. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

Trump Administration Deserts Science Advisory Boards Across Agencies

By Georgina Gustin
California, where drilling rigs have caused oil spills in the past, is one of several states calling on the government to remove it from the federal drilling plan. Credit: Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement

Dropping Florida from Offshore Drilling Opens Legal Cracks in Zinke's Plan

By Sabrina Shankman

Climate Denial Pervades Trump White House, But It's Hitting Limits

By Georgina Gustin
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke dismissed criticism of his travel expenses before delivering a speech about "American Energy Dominance" at the Heritage Foundation on Sept. 29. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

Whistleblower Quits with Scathing Letter over Trump Interior Dept. Leadership

By Sabrina Shankman
Mountaintop mining in Appalachia. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Trump Admin. Halts Mountaintop Mining Health Risks Study

By Phil McKenna
Sen. Maria Cantwell with Sens. Ron Wyden, Debbie Stabenow, and Lisa Murkowski

8 Senators Call for Probe of ‘Arbitrary’ Reassignment of Federal Scientists

By Sabrina Shankman
Donald Trump, Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke. Credit: Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty

Whistleblower Case Shows How Trump Tries to Silence Science

By Sabrina Shankman
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, with Steve Bannon. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Drilling on Federal Land Headed for Faster Approvals, Zinke Says

By Georgina Gustin

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