Members of Colorado’s congressional delegation and local economic boosters plan to work on changing the mind of Interior secretary nominee Deb Haaland and persuade her of the value of the Bureau of Land Management’s relocation of its headquarters to Grand Junction. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo.; U.S. […]
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Interior says Pendley to remain at BLM despite ‘dramatic tweets’ from Democrats
House Natural Resources Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) urged the Department of the Interior to press pause on many of its public lands decisions after its Bureau of Land Management (BLM) de facto director was ousted by the courts. The Department of the Interior responded by saying it would not be pushed […]
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Democrats seek to block appeal of court ruling ousting Pendley, BLM land plans
A new bill from Sen. Jon TesterJonathan (Jon) TesterHouse Republicans push VA for details on recent data breach OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Judge tosses land management plans after ousting Pendley from role | Trump says he could out-raise Biden with calls to Wall Street, oil execs | Supreme Court to review Trump […]
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Pendley says he’s still on the job as acting director of BLM
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — William Perry Pendley wants Wyoming to know that he’s still on the job as the nation’s acting head of public lands. “I have not been ousted. That is not true,” Pendley, the Bureau of Land Management’s deputy director of policy and programs, said during an interview […]
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Pendley says he’s still on the job as acting director of BLM
FILE – In this Oct. 11, 2019, file photo, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Acting Director William “Perry” Pendley speaks at a conference for journalists in Fort Collins, Colo. Pendley wants Wyoming to know that he’s still on the job as the nation’s acting head of public lands. “I have […]
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Montana asks court to throw out major public lands decisions after ousting BLM director
The state of Montana is asking the courts to throw out some major Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decisions after a federal judge ousted the agency’s acting director from his post. A Montana-based U.S. District Court judge on Friday ruled William Perry Pendley, the controversial acting head of BLM, “served unlawfully… […]