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David Bernhardt has his INTERIOR SECRETARY confirmation hearing today, starting at 10 a.m. You can watch it here live at this link. Going to send out some tweets related to NYT coverage of events at Interior, while he has been second in charge. energy.senate.gov/public/index.c… 
We went out to the GULF OF MEXICO to look at the rollback taking place at INTERIOR in regulations adopted in the aftermath of the DEEPWATER HORIZON disaster, at the agency known as BSSE that is part of INTERIOR nytimes.com/2018/03/10/bus…
We went to WYOMING to examine the boom in drilling on federal lands in the West, in many cases on land that had once been subject to tighter environmental restrictions with @HirokoTabuchi nytimes.com/2018/10/27/cli…
We went to MONTANA where we found that oil and gas speculators during the Trump era have been grabbing tens of thousands of acres in federal lands for a per acre price that is less than a cup of coffee. with @HirokoTabuchi nytimes.com/2018/11/27/bus…
We went to NORTH DAKOTA where we found that INTERIOR' s move to largely kill a rule intended to limit METHANE flaring/venting/leaks was having real/serious/very visible impact on lives of people who live at Fort Berthold indian reservation in the Bakken nytimes.com/interactive/20…
After INTERIOR refused to respond to a FOIA request THE NYT sued Interior with the help of Yale @MFIAclinic and found out when we got the documents that OIL and GAS did play a role in the decision to SHRINK BEARS EARS NAT MONUMENT by INTERIOR nytimes.com/2018/03/02/cli…
Our @CoralMDavenport dug in deep & found out that despite a promise by David Bernhardt to recuse himself (because of work he did for ex-lobbying client) Bernhardt did get involved in a matter he had handled for a client, an apparent ethics violation nytimes.com/2019/02/12/cli…
We went BACK TO MONTANA (yes, been there twice recently to bring this story to readers) to examine how INTERIOR lifted moratorium on new coal mine leases to bring a very short lived boost to companies like Cloud Peak, now facing potential bankruptcy nytimes.com/2017/08/06/us/…
And yes, this week, we looked at how Bernhardt intervened with Fish & Wildlife staff/moved to block release of a report that found that two pesticides feds must re-approve are so toxic they put more than 1,200 endangered species in jeopardy of extinction nytimes.com/2019/03/26/us/…
We also looked more broadly at the lobbyist-advocated effort underway at Interior and coordinated by Bernhardt to broadly revise the law that protects ENDANGERED SPECIES. Story by @LFFriedman and our climate team. nytimes.com/2018/07/19/cli…
A thanks to NYT subscribers for supporting all this work. We are committed to covering this topic. INTERIOR manages 700 MILLION ACRES of TAXPAYER OWNED land/minerals. Will be interesting to listen to ? at Bernhardt hearing inspired by our stories. On to the next one.
