GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦6d ago

National parks employees say SFGATE has been blacklisted by the Interior Department

The move follows critical coverage of new Park Service policies

#NationalParks #InteriorDept #ParkServices #nature https://www.sfgate.com/national-parks/article/interior-blacklist-sfgate-national-parks-22082140.php

Dave FreedmanJan 3
"Mr. Falen did not offer documentation of the [alleged] recusal. The Interior Department did not respond to requests for copies of any recusal granted to Ms. Budd-Falen."
#InteriorDept
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/climate/lithium-mine-interior-karen-budd-falen-water-contract.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
The Trump Administration Approved a Big Lithium Mine. A Top Official’s Husband Profited.

Karen Budd-Falen, the No. 3 at the Interior Department, didn’t disclose a $3.5 million water-rights contract between her husband and the developers of a Nevada mine, records show.

The New York Times
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Dec 23
#InteriorDept cuts 400k homes' in #Massachusetts #electricity just before Christmas, raising prices
#OffshoreWind is among the cheapest, cleanest and safest forms of energy available to humanity.
We’ve seen several recent examples of dictators of oil nations, buoyed by the confidence that the world is addicted to their product, attacking sovereign nations and disrupting markets for energy that people rely on.
https://electrek.co/2025/12/22/interior-dept-cuts-off-electricity-for-400k-homes-right-before-christmas/
Interior Dept cuts 400k homes’ electricity just before Christmas, raising prices

The Interior Dept. illegally shut down wind turbines generating electricity for 400k homes, raising electricity prices right as winter starts

Electrek
Political IQSep 7, 2023
Government Watchdog finds Border Wall caused "significant" environmental and cultural damage https://politicaliq.com/2023/09/07/watchdog-finds-border-wall-caused-significant-environmental-damage/ #Trump #BorderWall #Border #GAO #environment #NativeTribes #CBP #DHS #InteriorDept #politicaliq #news #politics
Watchdog finds Border Wall caused "significant" environmental damage - Political IQ

The wall on the U.S.-Mexico border advanced by former President Trump caused "significant" harm to the environment, according to the GAO.

Political IQ
Juan A. Zamarripa [E.]Nov 6, 2019
Trump's trying to privatize our national parks. Sign the petition to the #InteriorDept. now: https://act.credoaction.com/sign/national-park-privatization via @CREDOMobile #StopDrUMPf #Politics #Environment #USofA
Sign the petition: Don't privatize our national parks

I just signed an important petition to stop the privatization of our national parks. I think you should sign the petition, too.