InvestigationEnvironment, Politics FBI Kept Files on Peaceful Climate Change Protesters A protest at a BP plant in Indiana landed three sixty something campaigners in a federal surveillance report, documents show. Adam FedermanThe GuardianDecember 13, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Government Scientists Warned Oil Exploration Would Threaten Polar Bears Despite legal concerns, the Trump administration is pushing ahead. Adam FedermanMother JonesDecember 11, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Interior Sidelines Environmental Justice In early September, DOI quietly rescinded two memos that provided guidance on protecting vulnerable communities and Native American sacred sites. Adam FedermanThe NationNovember 13, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics, Technology Private Intelligence Firm Keeps Tabs on Environmentalists When big oil companies want to monitor activists, they turn to Welund. Adam FedermanMother JonesSeptember 14, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics How Far Will The Interior Go to Loosen Offshore Drilling Rules? Proposals jeopardize safety precautions put in place after the Deepwater Horizon blowout. Adam FedermanThe NationSeptember 11, 2018
NewsEnvironment, Politics Lawmakers Want to Know Why the Trump Administration Demanded Sensitive Oil Data A top government scientist resigned in protest. Adam FedermanMarch 1, 2018
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics DOI Scientist Resigned After Demand for Sensitive Oil Data Another controversy hits the Interior Department. Adam FedermanMother JonesFebruary 21, 2018
InvestigationBusiness, Environment, Politics Giving Big Oil the Keys to Public Lands Trump's Bureau of Land Management is rapidly opening previously off-limits areas to oil and gas drilling. Adam FedermanThe NationDecember 8, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics The Plot to Loot America’s Wilderness A little-known bureaucrat named James Cason is reshaping the Department of the Interior. Adam FedermanThe NationNovember 16, 2017
InvestigationEnvironment, Politics Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Strategic Plan Leaked draft of a DOI five-year plan reveals the priority of “energy dominance.” Adam FedermanThe NationOctober 25, 2017