how members of the newly formed bipartisan House Public Lands Caucus voted on yesterday’s resolution to lift the 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters... 11 Republicans: Yay 11 Democrats: Nay open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...

Why does Steve Pearce own up to $2 million in gold bars and coins? www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-... via @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

PERC, the Montana-based property rights and "free market environmentalism" nonprofit w/ a history of advocating for privatizing America’s federal lands and rolling back environmental laws, will be the primary beneficiary of the 2026 "conservation-focused" Wildlands event

one important point on the Karen Budd-Falen/Thacker Pass scandal... it's not just that her family struck a lucrative deal to sell water to the mine the relationship is ongoing...the mine is relying on the Budd-Falen ranch to monitor for drawdown impacts www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

thank you @maddow.bsky.social for highlighting our reporting on this! readers: subscribe to Public Domain and support our work at publicdomain.media

our little"blog" (as Trump's Interior loves to call us) — a “blog” that recently blew the door open on Interior official Karen Budd-Falen’s financial ties to a massive lithium mine on federal land in Nevada — has sued the Trump Interior Dept … …again www.publicdomain.media/p/public-dom...

link to our report from last month below if you’re able, consider a paid subscription so we can keep doing this important work www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

audio of Maddow’s show below…first segment highlights our “explosive reporting” (her words) on Trump Interior official's financial ties to massive lithium mine “If there’s a public corruption child’s picture book, this is the kind of story that would be pictured." www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIW...

my colleague @jamesctobias.bsky.social and I first reported this in our newsletter Public Domain three weeks ago link here: www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

Public Domain, an environmental news outlet, earlier reported some of the details of Mr. Falen’s financial relationship with Thacker Pass www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial #Nevada #Lithium Mine @jamesctobias.bsky.social and @chrisdangelo.bsky.social report for Public Domain #news #environment EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

Top Interior Department official Karen Budd-Falen has financial ties to the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, of which the American people are now partial owners thanks to the Trump administration: www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd... via @jamesctobias.bsky.social @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

NEW: House Dems request Interior IG investigate BOEM acting director Matt Giacona for potential ethics violations, citing Public Domain’s exposé in June that detailed his work on policy matters that were previously the focus of his oil lobbying career. www.publicdomain.media/p/lawmakers-...

Wildfires aren’t just getting bigger. They’re getting massively more expensive. A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression. @umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...

House Dems are demanding DOI turn over DOGE operative Hassen's financial/ethics docs Docs that Public Domain obtained raise Qs about whether or when Hassen divested of energy-related holdings Hassen was replaced in his role while we were reporting this story www.publicdomain.media/p/tyler-hass...

scoop from @jamesctobias.bsky.social: Internal docs obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an ESA or NEPA review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz” www.publicdomain.media/p/scoop-alli...

The Trump administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law. www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-admi...

NEW: Republican-backed wolf-culling campaigns may wind up triggering federal protections again. www.publicdomain.media/p/gray-wolf-...

excited for this one! tune in at 10 am!

"Not one acre" became a rallying cry against Utah Sen. Mike Lee's attempt to sell off millions of acres of public land for housing development. The Trump admin has a similar proposal, with ~400k on the chopping block. Will 'not one acre' carry over? www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-team...

“We’re like blasting our nose off our face" Maine and the OBBA from @chrisdangelo.bsky.social themainemonitor.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

Renewables and storage come to rescue in New England heat wave www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

Aubrie Spady, who covered Interior chief Doug Burgum as a reporter at Fox News, was recently hired as Burgum's deputy press secretary. Her father is a longtime conservative operative with close ties to the MAGA world. www.publicdomain.media/p/aubrie-spa...

“listening”, round 4

floundering in an ocean of public outrage www.publicdomain.media/p/mike-lee-f...

If you are a #PublicLand supporter, you need good reporting. Public Domain is at the top and need your support. I pay; if you can, please do so. Our common inheritance depends on it. www.publicdomain.media/p/public-dom...

America's public lands—our lands—are at a crossroads. America's conservation tradition is on the the line. Help our team at Public Domain continue to deliver what we all need most in this moment: hard facts and context. www.publicdomain.media/p/public-dom...

a special carveout for Big Sky Country and crickets from Montana's GOP senators over the last week — has the perceived Montana firewall against a public land sell-off started to crumble? my latest... www.publicdomain.media/p/montana-fi...

In which I try to clear up the confusion about public lands acreage for sale in the Senate's latest budget reconciliation bill. Spoiler: It's not 294 million, but it's still atrocious. open.substack.com/pub/landdesk...

today — w/ Senate Republicans having moved to force as much as 3.2M acres of public lands to be sold off to developers — would be a really great time to support our investigative public lands reporting subscribe and chip in, if you're able publicdomain.media

Sen. Mike Lee boldly goes where so many Utah Republicans have gone before. Up to 3.2 million acres of federal public lands — your lands — could be headed to the auction block. It’s Jason Chaffetz 2.0. Expect a firestorm. www.publicdomain.media/p/federal-la...

buckle up www.publicdomain.media/p/doj-memo-t...

NEW: Trump's Interior has released a draft 4-year strategic plan the new doc omits these contentious goals that were contained in a prior leaked version... - "release federal holdings" - "right-size monuments" - "return heritage lands" to states www.publicdomain.media/p/new-trump-...

make no mistake, the House budget bill still very much includes a public land giveaway great piece from @jamesctobias.bsky.social today on the provision to hand ~6,000 acres of federal land near Minnesota's iconic Boundary Waters over to a Chilean mining giant www.publicdomain.media/p/boundary-w...

tonight at 6 p.m. PT/9 ET Jimmy, Roque and I will be joining @oregonwild.bsky.social to talk about our work at Public Domain, where we think the public land fight is headed, and fielding questions tune in! link: oregonwild.org/event/the-jo...

Public Domain just hit 2,000 subscribers! A huge THANK YOU to everyone who has supported our work. If you’re a free subscriber, please consider upgrading to paid, which will help ensure that our small team can keep at it — there is so, so much to dig into. www.publicdomain.media

our team at Public Domain will be joining the folks at Oregon Wild on Wednesday to discuss Public Domain’s work, the current landscape for public lands, waters and wildlife, and much more details... oregonwild.org/event/the-jo...

Interior Department appointee Daniel Gustafson is a long-time Trump loyalist who participated in a protest to “stop the count” of Michigan ballots in 2020. new from us at Public Domain, in partnership w/ @theintercept.com www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-inte...

The total value of Congressman Westerman's energy and mineral holdings was between $14,000 and $210,000. www.publicdomain.media/p/bruce-west...

who could have ever seen this coming 🙃 www.publicdomain.media/p/republican...

the whole "we want the cleanest air" thing gets kind of complicated when you stop monitoring whether it is or isn't

one side of the aisle did 99.99% of the talking at today's markup www.publicdomain.media/p/house-repu...

while Burgum was governor of ND... - he met with Colossal - the state development fund awarded Colossal a $3M equity investment - he sent Colossal CEO a gift basket after a black-tie event (Burgum's commerce commissioner is now a Colossal advisor) more in the story, incl emails

Killer scoop here from @chrisdangelo.bsky.social: Regardless of what you think about de-extinction tech, Doug Burgum’s use of his post as Interior secretary to promote a company with which he had close ties as North Dakota governor raises real questions. www.publicdomain.media/p/interior-d...

new: records Public Domain obtained via a state request help shine light on Interior Secretary's Doug Burgum's enthusiasm for "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences www.publicdomain.media/p/interior-d...

at jazzfest, largely offline, but i see one party is about to have a lot of explaining to do on public lands

The Trump admin wants to sell off public lands — gutting protections and opening parks, refuges, and monuments to extraction. The damage could last generations. From our partners at @grist.org/@climatedesk.org @chrisdangelo.bsky.social: www.vox.com/down-to-eart... @vox.com

my debut piece for @gristnews.bsky.social a look at what the first 100 days Trump 2.0 has meant for the lands, waters and wildlife we all own grist.org/climate/the-...