Interior

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt waits to speak during the annual state of Colorado energy luncheon sponsored by the Colorado Petroleum council Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Denver.

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke’s potential replacement at Interior Department has extensive oil lobbying conflicts

Josh Siegel · December 17, 2018 9:19 pm

The meeting in which Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (pictured above) and Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., agreed to exempt Florida from the offshore drilling proposal was the first "in what I believe will be a series of conversations" with other governors, Zinke said. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Ryan Zinke resignation letter blames ‘meritless’ investigations

Katelyn Caralle · December 15, 2018 8:18 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke arrives for a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Energy and Environment

Zinke leaves Trump administration amid Justice Department investigation

John Siciliano and Josh Siegel · December 15, 2018 2:24 pm

Former President George W. Bush will be among the keynote speakers at the Republican Jewish Coalition's spring meeting, the group announced in an email to supporters Thursday obtained by the Washington Examiner. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

George W. Bush’s childhood home could soon be part of the National Park System

Pete Kasperowicz · December 11, 2018 12:04 am

The Trump administration on Monday took a step forward to overhaul the government's land policies for protecting the chicken-sized sage grouse in the West. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Energy and Environment

Trump rolls back sage-grouse protections, opening up new areas for oil drilling

John Siciliano · December 6, 2018 6:58 pm

Ryan Zinke, secretary of the Interior responds to a reporter's question during a news conference after touring the fire ravaged town of Paradise, Calif, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

Energy and Environment

Zinke guilts California by citing the carbon pollution from wildfires

John Siciliano · November 30, 2018 9:16 pm

Representative Ryan Zinke, U.S. secretary of interior nominee for president-elect Donald Trump, speaks during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017.

Zinke jokes: ‘I should be investigated’ for saying ‘Merry Christmas’

Anna Giaritelli · November 30, 2018 5:31 am

A gopher frog at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans.

Beltway Confidential

The Supreme Court’s Louisiana frog ruling is no bull

Quin Hillyer · November 28, 2018 9:14 pm

California Gov. Jerry Brown, second from left, looks at a students work book displayed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, that was found during a tour of the fire ravaged Paradise Elementary School Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018, in Paradise, Calif. The school is among the thousands of homes and businesses destroyed along with dozens of lives lost when the fire burned through the area last week.

Energy and Environment

Zinke warns against assigning blame for California wildfires

John Siciliano · November 14, 2018 10:22 pm

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks to members of the media outside the White House in Washington, D.C.

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke ups response to caravan after arrests surge by 4,000 percent

John Siciliano · November 9, 2018 6:17 pm

Ryan Zinke, U.S. secretary of interior, speaks during an event at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., on Friday, Sept. 29, 2017.

Ryan Zinke’s next stop: Fox News?

Naomi Lim · November 9, 2018 1:25 am

U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke speaks with reporters at the Camp Nelson National Monument on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, in Nicholasville, Kentucky. Camp Nelson was a Union Army depot during the U.S. Civil War and was a recruiting center for black soldiers. Zinke announced Saturday Camp Nelson has been officially designated as a national monument.

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke faces Justice Department investigation

John Siciliano · October 30, 2018 7:18 pm