It took 40 years but this week the Trump administration announced that it would open up 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling. The administration argues the decision will lead to jobs and generate billions of dollars in revenue, but opponents warn that opening the area to drilling will have a devastating effect on the region - which is a critical habitat for polar bears, migrating caribou and other wildlife. On today’s episode, we talk with Darryl Fears who covers the Interior Department and Wildlife for The Washington Post about what the ANWR win means. And we’ll also talk about a recent defeat. Citing a line from To Kill a Mockingbird, a federal judge in New York struck down a Trump administration decision to scale back U.S. government protections for migratory birds. "It is not only a sin to kill a mockingbird, it is also a crime," Judge Valerie Caproni wrote.
Ep. 44: Goodbye Scott Pruitt, Hello Andrew Wheeler
Ep. 43: Could the Endangered Species Act go Extinct?
Ep. 42: Read the Label: Chemical Safety Under the EPA
Ep. 41: The Making of Scott Pruitt
Ep. 40: Pruitt’s Transparency Problem (and it's not his ethics scandals)
Ep. 39: Will He Stay Or Will He Go?
Trump's Next Frontier
Alaska: Open for Business
Ep. 36: One Down, Three to Go.
Ep. 35: Do Regulations Kill Jobs? Or Save Lives?
Ep. 34: Inside the EPA's Regulatory Rollback Machine
Ep. 33: The Crux of Coal
Ep. 32: Who Will Pay for Trump's Plan to Bail Out Coal?
Ep 31: The Incredible Shrinking Monuments
Ep. 30: Meet the Scientist Standing Up to Scott Pruitt
Ep. 29: Living With Oil and Gas
Ep. 28: A Profound Shift in Environmental Protection
Ep. 27: Is Ryan Zinke *really* a 'Teddy Roosevelt Guy'?
Ep 26: Roads, Bridges and the Future of Civilization
Ep. 25: Global Warming: How Bad Could it Be?
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