** Acting BLM director's long recusal list
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Thursday, September 26, 2019
William Perry Pendley ([link removed])
In an email to Bureau of Land Management staff, Acting Director William Perry Pendley offered a 17-page list ([link removed]) of companies, individuals, and organizations he would recuse himself from to avoid making decisions that would create conflicts of interest. The 57 entities include oil, gas, and mining interests as well as clients represented by Pendley's former law firm. Despite the Trump administration’s ethics pledge requiring a two-year recusal, the document says many of Pendley’s recusals expire after just one year.
Just earlier this week, Pendley was forced to recuse himself ([link removed]) from legal matters related to President Trump's attempts to shrink two national monuments in Utah, due to the fact that Pendley remains the attorney ([link removed]) for San Juan, Kane, and Garfield counties that contain the monuments.
** Live CWP podcast recording in Montana today
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Go West, Young Podcast is in Missoula, Montana today for a live podcast recording with State Representative Marilyn Marler and panelists from the National Wildlife Federation, Montana Conservation Voters, and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Details about the event can be found here ([link removed]) .
Quick hits
** 17 states sue Trump administration over rollback of Endangered Species Act
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Los Angeles Times ([link removed]) | Washington Post ([link removed])
** BLM reorganization will shrink national environmental review team, scatter staff to state offices
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Politico ([link removed])
** Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley releases 17-page recusal list, including energy and mining interests
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E&E News ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed]) | Huffington Post ([link removed]) | The Hill ([link removed])
** Trump’s Wildlife Service pick, Aurelia Skipwith, has ties to anti-animal protection groups
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The Guardian ([link removed])
** Trump's Interior Department says "there is not a climate crisis"
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Bloomberg ([link removed])
** Federal court orders BLM to revamp oil and gas development plan, consider climate impacts
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Aspen Journalism ([link removed])
** Climate change, conservation have evolved into issues that drives voters to the polls
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Colorado Sun ([link removed])
** Op-ed: "This is a challenging time for the BLM and the lands they manage"
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NM Political Report ([link removed] Perry Pendley)
Quote of the day
The Trump administration barges ahead with their efforts to sell off public resources regardless of public sentiment, concern from Congress or the courts. The BLM lands are the real jackpot of gas, oil, coal, and minerals for the old school economy natural resource exploiters. But if the Trump crowd finds their efforts at dismantling the BLM succeeded, we can be sure the national wildlife refuges, the national forests, and ultimately the national parks will be next for a similar program."
—Tom Ribe, NM Political Report ([link removed])
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The leaves are starting to change on Steens Mountain! 🍂 🍁 Photos: Gary Kegel bit.ly/2lc5nAY ([link removed]) #autumn ([link removed]) | @BLMOregon ([link removed])
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