Matthew Renda
Trump shuts down travel from Europe as NBA suspends season
No longer downplaying the coronavirus, President Donald Trump acknowledged the disease’s severity in a Wednesday night about-face where he announced a 30-day ban on travel to Europe.
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New forest management deal in Oregon could be national model
A deal reached between timber industry representatives like Weyerhauser, one of the largest timber companies in the world, and environmental groups like Oregon Wild could establish broad outlines for forest-management practices.
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Trump dumps plan to bury nuclear waste in Nevada
The Trump administration appeared to execute an about-face on the use of Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste dump facility after the president tweeted reassurance to Nevadans that he would drop a proposal to resurrect the site.
Trump finalizes plans to shrink national monuments; conservationists react
The Trump administration finalized plans Thursday to shrink two national monuments in Utah while opening up recently freed portions to possible natural resource extraction and grazing.
Trump administration continues to belittle climate activist Thunberg in Switzerland
The Trump administration continued to belittle 17-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg at a summit in Switzerland, with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin becoming the latest U.S. official to do so Thursday.
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Trump administration settles Montana lawsuit, agrees to review status of grizzly bears
A consortium of environmental groups seeking to change that scored a victory Monday when a federal judge in Montana approved a settlement agreement requiring the Trump administration to review the status of the grizzly bear by March 2021.
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Nation’s system of state parks stressed by rising temperatures, more visitors
While much attention has been devoted to the deferred maintenance crisis at the country’s national parks, a new study indicates America’s state park system will likely face an existential crisis in the future due to spiking attendance and climate change.
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Ninth Circuit: Ethics complaint against Bullock, O’Leary was public information
The case stems from an acrimonious political dispute between Republican legislator Brad Tschida of Missoula and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, and his commerce director, Meg O’Leary.
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Open primary movement seeks to empower voters, break gridlock
“Traditional closed primaries are the largest active voter disenfranchisement currently happening in this country by several orders of magnitude,” said Jeremy Gruber, senior vice president of Open Primaries, a nonprofit dedicated to open and nonpartisan primary systems.
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Interior Department opens ethics inquiry into new leader
The Inspector General for the Department of the Interior announced Monday that it will investigate newly confirmed Secretary David Bernhardt’s potential conflicts of interests and whether he acted inappropriately by blocking an internal scientific report, which found that a commonly used pesticide harmed a wide range of endangered species.