Ryan Zinke

Trump Administration Moves Closer To Opening Arctic Refuge To Oil Drilling

Large swaths of the pristine Alaska wilderness could be leased for fossil fuel development as early as next year.
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NY Times Slashes Ryan Zinke As 'Not The Sharpest Knife In The Drawer'

Editorial dings Interior secretary as another "cheerleader" for the president's "boneheaded" energy strategy.
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Ryan Zinke To Step Down One Day Before Dems Get Oversight Powers

“It is better to charge up a hill under fire than cower in a foxhole,” the scandal-plagued interior secretary said last month.
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Ryan Zinke Is Out As Interior Department Secretary

The loyal soldier for Trump's "energy dominance" agenda had tallied up more than a dozen federal investigations.
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Plan To Sell Public Land To Mining Company Is Seen As Reward For Bad Behavior

The Bureau of Land Management is looking to sell 70 acres of conservation land to a limestone mining company that unlawfully discarded waste materials on it.
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Ryan Zinke Puts Interior Department Loyalist In Charge Of Public Records Requests

Daniel Jorjani, a former Koch brothers adviser who once told colleagues "our job is to protect the Secretary," now oversees the agency's FOIA program.
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Ryan Zinke Taps Cousin Of Anti-Federal-Land Zealot For National Park Advisory Board

Ellis Ivory, a retired Utah homebuilder, once donated $6,000 to Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory's pro-land-transfer nonprofit.
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Ryan Zinke To Oil Reps: 'We've Gotten A Lot Better As Industry'

The interior chief was so comfortable playing the part of an oil man he momentarily forgot he wasn't one.
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Ryan Zinke Calls Top Dem A Drunk In Response To Resignation Call

“It’s hard for him to think straight from the bottom of a bottle,” the interior secretary said of Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
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Ryan Zinke, Lover Of Public Lands, Can't Keep His Staff From Proposing Sell-Offs

As his agency looks to unload 200 acres in Utah, the interior secretary played host to land-transfer advocates.
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