Matthew Renda
Zinke to industry execs: Interior Department should be ‘partner’ with Big Oil
U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told an audience of oil and gas industry executives Tuesday that it’s the job of the federal government to partner with them, a remark that drew the ire of environmentalists.
Zinke bows to states, revises plan to reorganize Interior Department
Bowing to pressure from state officials, the Department of Interior has significantly altered its bid to reorganize how it manages public lands and the national park system. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s change in direction comes after a bipartisan coalition of governors from Western states complained they were not properly consulted about the dramatic change in departmental structure.