InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Man Determined to Deliver Trump’s Alaskan Oil Promise A political appointee at the Department of Interior has played a key, and sometimes controversial, role in opening a pristine wildlife refuge to drilling. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineAugust 8, 2020
InvestigationHealth, Politics Trump’s Rally at Mount Rushmore Will Move Forward Despite Risks NPS cuts “health and human safety” section from environmental analysis Adam FedermanSierra MagazineJune 27, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Health, Labor As National Parks Remain Open, Staffers Worry They Are at Risk Department of Interior leadership sends conflicting signals Adam FedermanSierra MagazineApril 9, 2020
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics ‘This Is the Wild West Out Here’ How Washington is bending over backward for mining companies in Nevada at the expense of environmental rules. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineFebruary 9, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice, Politics US listed climate activist group as ‘extremists’ alongside mass killers DHS listed activists engaged in non-violent civil disobedience targeting oil industry alongside white supremacists in documents. Adam FedermanThe GuardianJanuary 13, 2020
InvestigationEnvironment, Immigration, Politics The Destruction Caused by the Border Wall Is Worse Than You Think Border Patrol agents tear though the Arizona desert. Adam FedermanSierra MagazineOctober 21, 2019
InvestigationEnvironment, Justice How the FBI Targeted Environmental Activists in Domestic Terror Investigations Protesters were characterized as a threat to national security in what one calls an attempt to criminalize their actions. Adam FedermanThe GuardianSeptember 24, 2019
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Science Got Trampled in the Rush to Drill in the Arctic The Trump administration pried open an environmental ‘jewel’ for oil and gas exploration. But in its push to get started, it has ignored and distorted the work of its own experts. Adam FedermanPolitico MagazineJuly 26, 2019
NewsEnvironment, Politics A Former Oil-Industry Lobbyist Is Now In Charge of America’s Public Lands Questions about conflicts of interest and transparency shadow newly confirmed Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. Adam FedermanThe NationApril 12, 2019
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Hidden Battle Over America’s Wilderness A long-standing effort to weaken federal authority over public land could undermine protections for countless threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Adam FedermanPacific StandardMarch 5, 2019