Chris D’Angelo

Trump Says Climate Repeal Saves $1.3 Trillion. The EPA’s Math Differs The agency’s own cost-benefit assessment for revoking the endangerment finding points to steep costs that may outweigh the savings.

President Trump said repealing climate standards for cars and the so-called endangerment finding would save Americans $1.3 trillion. EPA chief Zeldin repeated the stat.

But that's not actually what EPA's own math says. My story @bloomberg.com, with a gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Republicans Keep Invoking Teddy Roosevelt. The Roosevelt Family Keeps Pushing Back. "It is now time for all of you to get in the arena with him," four descendants of the late president wrote in a letter to GOP senators.

history has a funny way of repeating itself

www.publicdomain.media/p/republican...

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@chrisdangelo.bsky.social and I first reported in 2020 that Trump hired him to a top role at the Interior Department. I can confirm he was not very bright. www.huffpost.com/entry/interi...

Hunting YouTuber Had A Bear Violation Before Facing Felony Poaching Charges Ryan Lampers built a following on social media and podcasts before criminal charges led to his downfall.

NEW: Hunting influencer Ryan Lampers, who faces multiple poaching-related charges in Idaho, was also cited in Montana last year for failing to submit a black bear hide and skull for inspection.

A warden seized the animal. Lampers paid $155 for the offense.
www.publicdomain.media/p/ryan-lampe...

Spoiler alert: The Republican Study Committee is just making shit up

The Flimsy Numbers Behind The GOP Push To Sell Off Federal Properties House Republicans say they want to offload "underutilized" federal buildings. Their math isn’t mathing.

House Republicans say they want to sell off "underutilized" federal buildings, claiming it would generate $115 billion in federal revenue.

I went down a rabbit hole here...and their math isn't mathing.
www.publicdomain.media/p/gop-budget...

House Public Lands Caucus Fails Test With Boundary Waters Vote Partisanship trumped common ground on conservation in the long-simmering fight over a proposed mine in northern Minnesota.

how members of the newly formed bipartisan House Public Lands Caucus voted on yesterday’s resolution to lift the 20-year ban on mining near the Boundary Waters...

11 Republicans: Yay
11 Democrats: Nay

open.substack.com/pub/chrisdan...

Docs Detail Trump BLM Nominee’s Vast Wealth, Financial Entanglements Last year, Steve Pearce raked in up to $1.1 million off of frac tank leases and water sales — to whom remains unclear.

Why does Steve Pearce own up to $2 million in gold bars and coins? www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-blm-... via @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

PERC, the Montana-based property rights and "free market environmentalism" nonprofit w/ a history of advocating for privatizing America’s federal lands and rolling back environmental laws, will be the primary beneficiary of the 2026 "conservation-focused" Wildlands event

one important point on the Karen Budd-Falen/Thacker Pass scandal...

it's not just that her family struck a lucrative deal to sell water to the mine

the relationship is ongoing...the mine is relying on the Budd-Falen ranch to monitor for drawdown impacts
www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

thank you @maddow.bsky.social for highlighting our reporting on this!

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Public Domain Sues Trump Administration Again Plus, our investigation cited in NYT and featured on Rachel Maddow.

our little"blog" (as Trump's Interior loves to call us) — a “blog” that recently blew the door open on Interior official Karen Budd-Falen’s financial ties to a massive lithium mine on federal land in Nevada — has sued the Trump Interior Dept …

…again
www.publicdomain.media/p/public-dom...

link to our report from last month below

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www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

audio of Maddow’s show below…first segment highlights our “explosive reporting” (her words) on Trump Interior official's financial ties to massive lithium mine

“If there’s a public corruption child’s picture book, this is the kind of story that would be pictured."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIW...

my colleague @jamesctobias.bsky.social and I first reported this in our newsletter Public Domain three weeks ago

link here: www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd...

SCOOP: A Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Project Karen Budd-Falen’s family ranching operation agreed to sell water rights to the company developing the Thacker Pass lithium mine.

Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial
#Nevada #Lithium Mine

@jamesctobias.bsky.social and @chrisdangelo.bsky.social
report for Public Domain

#news #environment

EJ Today Headlines: sej.org/headlines/list

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SCOOP: A Top Trump Official Has Financial Ties To Controversial Nevada Lithium Project Karen Budd-Falen’s family ranching operation agreed to sell water rights to the company developing the Thacker Pass lithium mine.

Top Interior Department official Karen Budd-Falen has financial ties to the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada, of which the American people are now partial owners thanks to the Trump administration: www.publicdomain.media/p/karen-budd... via @jamesctobias.bsky.social @chrisdangelo.bsky.social

Lawmakers Seek Ethics Probe Into Top Offshore Oil Regulator Citing a Public Domain exposé, House Democrats ask Interior’s watchdog to investigate potential ethics violations by acting BOEM director Matt Giacona

NEW: House Dems request Interior IG investigate BOEM acting director Matt Giacona for potential ethics violations, citing Public Domain’s exposé in June that detailed his work on policy matters that were previously the focus of his oil lobbying career.
www.publicdomain.media/p/lawmakers-...

The surging price tag of wildfires, in one chart Wildfires are getting worse — and a lot more expensive for the rest of us.

Wildfires aren’t just getting bigger. They’re getting massively more expensive.

A new study shows the most destructive fires are happening more often, fueled by climate change, urban sprawl, and decades of fire suppression.

@umairfan.bsky.social for @vox.com: www.vox.com/climate/4635...

Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments.

House Dems are demanding DOI turn over DOGE operative Hassen's financial/ethics docs

Docs that Public Domain obtained raise Qs about whether or when Hassen divested of energy-related holdings

Hassen was replaced in his role while we were reporting this story
www.publicdomain.media/p/tyler-hass...

Feds Failed To Conduct Environmental Review Of 'Alligator Alcatraz', Internal Documents Show The controversial migrant detention facility in Florida is being sued for violating federal environmental protections and harming endangered species

scoop from @jamesctobias.bsky.social: Internal docs obtained by Public Domain show that the federal government did not conduct an ESA or NEPA review for the Florida migrant detention facility known as "Alligator Alcatraz”
www.publicdomain.media/p/scoop-alli...

The Trump Team’s Incoherence On Migratory Bird Rules The administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law.

The Trump administration said it will go hunting for cases of wind energy companies unintentionally killing migratory birds — something it has long argued is not a violation of federal law.
www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-admi...

Denial Of Gray Wolf Protections Violated Endangered Species Act, Judge Rules Republican-backed wolf-culling campaigns may wind up triggering federal protections again.

NEW: Republican-backed wolf-culling campaigns may wind up triggering federal protections again.

www.publicdomain.media/p/gray-wolf-...

excited for this one! tune in at 10 am!

The Trump Team Is Still Eyeing Hundreds Of Thousands Acres Of Public Land For Housing Will the administration’s ongoing push to open federal lands for housing development face the same public backlash that Sen. Mike Lee triggered?

"Not one acre" became a rallying cry against Utah Sen. Mike Lee's attempt to sell off millions of acres of public land for housing development.

The Trump admin has a similar proposal, with ~400k on the chopping block.

Will 'not one acre' carry over?
www.publicdomain.media/p/trump-team...

‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ is bad news for Maine clean energy​ + more Maine environmental...

“We’re like blasting our nose off our face" Maine and the OBBA from @chrisdangelo.bsky.social themainemonitor.bluelena.io/index.php?ac...

A heat wave hit New England's grid. Clean energy saved the day. On the hottest day this year, behind-the-meter solar panels and a growing network of batteries helped prevent blackouts and saved consumers millions of…

Renewables and storage come to rescue in New England heat wave www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...

She Covered Trump’s Interior Chief At Fox News. Now She’s His Flack. Aubrie Spady was recently hired as Interior’s deputy press secretary. Her father is a longtime conservative operative with close ties to the MAGA world.

Aubrie Spady, who covered Interior chief Doug Burgum as a reporter at Fox News, was recently hired as Burgum's deputy press secretary.

Her father is a longtime conservative operative with close ties to the MAGA world.
www.publicdomain.media/p/aubrie-spa...