Roque Planas

1 week ago | publicdomain.media | Roque Planas |Chris D'Angelo

Republicans on the House Committee on Natural Resources moved to dispose of thousands of acres of federal land in Nevada and Utah late Tuesday, as part of a sweeping budget bill to boost energy and mineral extraction, while dismantling public land protections. At around 11 p.m., 13 hours into a markup hearing, Reps.

1 week ago | publicdomain.media | Chris D'Angelo |Roque Planas |Jimmy Tobias

When Colossal Biosciences made national headlines earlier this month with its claim to have revived the long-extinct dire wolf, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was quick to hail the company and tout so-called “de-extinction” as the future of species conservation.

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Roque Planas

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. This story was originally published on the Substack Public Domain, to which you can subscribe here. Kathleen Sgamma, a longtime oil and gas activist, withdrew her nomination to lead the federal Bureau of Land Management hours before her confirmation hearing Thursday.

1 month ago | motherjones.com | Roque Planas

This story was originally published on the Substack Public Domain, to which you can subscribe here. The agenda for Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission’s March 5 meeting included few controversial issues—mall alterations to grouse hunting regulations, tweaks to the big game draw and, perhaps most contentiously, an update to the state’s wolf reintroduction program. But when general public comment opened, those topics were quickly overshadowed.

2 months ago | motherjones.com | Roque Planas

This story was originally published on the substack Public Domain to which you can subscribe here. The last time Republicans took full control of Washington, DC, back in 2017, the House of Representatives quickly approved a rules change making it easier for Congress to sell off federal public lands.