Thread by @NRDC

Ryan Zinke is a failed Interior secretary.
He’s failing the country.
It’s time for him to go.
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"People like Zinke aren't draining the swamp. They, like their boss in the White House, are creating whole new wetlands." via @USAToday

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America’s public waters and lands belong to you and me.

Zinke’s record as a steward of that public trust has been, in a word, abysmal.

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"A new report documents suppression of science, denial of climate change, the silencing and intimidation of staff." via @SciAm.

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"Ryan Zinke put an ex-Koch brothers’ adviser in charge of public records requests." via @MotherJones

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"Zinke has torn up Obama-era rules related to oil, gas and mineral extraction and overseen the largest reduction of federal land protection in the nation’s history, including an effort to slash the size of #BearsEars National Monument." @NYTimes #FireZinke nytimes.com/2018/04/16/us/…

"Zinke’s personal conduct and management decisions have led Interior’s inspector general and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel to launch at least 15 investigations," via @WashingtonPost.

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Zinke's rollback of a conservation plan meant to protect the imperiled greater sage grouse will sacrifice critical wildlife habitat to boost industrial activity, like oil and gas drilling and mining.

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The Trump administration continues to try to roll back critical safeguards against climate change and health-harming air pollution.

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"Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration," via @NYTimes

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Zinke is conducting the largest sell-off of public lands and oceans in American history, enriching giant energy and mining companies by inviting them to exploit and destroy some of our last and greatest wild places.

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