** House threatens to subpoena information from Interior
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Friday, September 27, 2019
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva at yesterday's hearing. ([link removed])
Recently confirmed Interior Solicitor Daniel Jorjani testified in front of the House Natural Resources Committee ([link removed]) yesterday to answer questions about the department's failure to respond to Congressional requests for information. Of the 24 separate requests, Interior has only provided ([link removed]) information pertaining to three.
“Interior’s refusal to cooperate means this committee cannot do the oversight envisioned in our Constitution. That has not stopped the Trump administration from delaying, obstructing and sometimes just ignoring our efforts to conduct oversight," Committee Chairman Raul Grijalva said ([link removed]) . Grijalva also threatened to subpoena information if Jorjani continues to not comply.
Among the issued discussed during the hearing was the Bureau of Land Management headquarters relocation, an effort being lead by William Perry Pendley, who recently released a 17-page recusal list. A group of 12 Senators is now asking ([link removed]) Pendley be removed from his position.
** Public Lands Day
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Tomorrow, Saturday the 28th is National Public Lands Day ([link removed]) —a celebration of America's parks, monuments, forests, and outdoors. Entrance fees will be waived at national parks around the country, and numerous sites will have opportunities to volunteer to help upkeep our parks.
Quick hits
** BLM director Pendley recused from Grand Staircase planning, but remains listed as counties' attorney in suit
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Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed])
** Study: Connecting wildlife corridors and fractured habitats has long-lasting ecological benefits
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** Interior Solicitor Daniel Jorjani sidesteps questions about department ethics, BLM relocation during hearing
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Bloomberg ([link removed]) | The Hill ([link removed])
** House and Senate approve LWCF funding in appropriations bill, fall well short of full funding
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E&E News ([link removed])
** When it comes to acknowledging climate change, oil and gas industry lawyer says "that ship has sailed"
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Washington Post ([link removed])
** BLM workers being bullied by Trump administration, says former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell
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Idaho Statesman ([link removed])
** Visit national parks for free on Saturday for National Public Lands Day
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Los Angeles Times ([link removed]) | OPB ([link removed])
** Op-ed: As Colorado’s former BLM director, let me explain why the Grand Junction move makes no sense
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Denver Post ([link removed])
Quote of the day
If you have been misapplying the Trump ethics pledge as it pertains to Mr. Pendley, I wonder if you have been misapplying it against Mr. Bernhardt."
—Representative Jared Huffman ([link removed])
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** Fall colors sweep across the valleys as fresh snow dusts the mountains @DenaliNPS ([link removed]) #Alaska ([link removed]) #FindYourPark ([link removed]) | @Interior ([link removed])
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