The Trump administration announced nearly $890 million in federal funding Tuesday for water infrastructure projects across the Western United States, with California receiving about 60% of the total to repair sinking canals, modernize pumping systems, and plan an expansion of Shasta Dam. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said the funding is aimed at strengthening water security,…
National Park Service staff took down slavery exhibits at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall on Thursday following a Trump-ordered crackdown on “distorted” narratives about the nation’s history. Crews have dismantled plaques at the President’s House detailing the history of nine people enslaved by President George Washington, which came under scrutiny by the Trump administration last summer, according…
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum had to remind a crowd of freezing Christmas-goers to deliver “lots of cheering” for the president and first lady. “You’ve got an important job to do,” Burgum explained as he prepared a crowd for the arrival of Donald and Melania Trump for the 103rd National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony….
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Native tribes and conservation groups sued the federal government Wednesday, seeking in at least three separate lawsuits to overturn a land exchange aimed at allowing a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge. Legal challenges to the land exchange agreement reached last month between Interior Secretary Doug Burgum…
The Trump administration is poised to reverse a Biden-era policy aimed at protecting public lands from development and climate impacts. Under a new proposal, many of these lands would no longer be conserved or preserved for recreation but instead used for coal mining, gas and oil drilling, timber production, and agricultural grazing. What’s happening? As…