The US Park Police did not clear racial injustice protesters from Lafayette Park to allow for then-President Donald Trump's march to St. John's Church last June, but instead did so to allow a contractor to install a fence safely around the White House, according to a new inspector general report.
Two Utah environmental groups joined five other groups in a lawsuit over an approved plan to build a four-lane highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southern Utah.
The Wilderness Society joined other groups as plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Department of the Interior, alleging that the Trump administration violated the law when it granted right-of-way for a disruptive highway project through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area in southwest Utah. The government ignored likely impacts to Mojave desert tortoise populations, which include habitat fragmentation and increased invasive species.
In late 2019 the US Interior Department grounded its entire fleet of aerial drones, all of which are either made in China or have Chinese parts, citing increasing.