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Wealthy ranchers profit from public lands. Taxpayers pick up the tab.

The Trump administration is supercharging a system that props up a wealthy few while harming the environment

04.12.2025 4

Salon

Mark Olalde

Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.

The post Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab. appeared first on ProPublica.

02.12.2025 3

ProPublica

Mark Olalde

A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact

The post A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact appeared first on ProPublica.

01.12.2025 20

ProPublica

Mark Olalde

“Under the Microscope”: Activists Opposing a Nevada Lithium Mine Were Surveilled for Years, Records Show

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

23.07.2025 30

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Mark Olalde

EPA Employees Decline to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives

The Trump administration set up a tip line to assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

17.05.2025 3

Truthout

Mark Olalde

Trump Asked EPA Employees to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives. They Declined.

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16.05.2025 10

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Mark Olalde

Labor Department Employees Threatened With Criminal Charges for Speaking Out

“This message will serve as your only warning,” stated a memo from Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s chief of staff.

23.04.2025 4

Truthout

Mark Olalde

Labor Department Official Warns That Staff Who Speak With Journalists Face “Serious Legal Consequences”

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

23.04.2025 20

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Mark Olalde

Trump Slashed Team That Investigates Line-of-Duty Fire Deaths

The cuts will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.

21.04.2025 6

Truthout

Mark Olalde

Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

21.04.2025 100

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Mark Olalde

Trump said cuts wouldn’t affect public safety. Then he fired workers who help fight wildfires

The White House and DOGE have sought to eliminate thousands of jobs from the Forest Service

08.04.2025 6

Salon

Mark Olalde

Trump Said Cuts Wouldn’t Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

07.04.2025 80

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Mark Olalde

How Trump’s Federal Funding and Hiring Freezes Are Leaving America Vulnerable to Catastrophic Wildfire

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing...

14.02.2025 90

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Mark Olalde

The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public

by Mark Olalde, illustrations by Peter Arkle ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a...

30.12.2024 70

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Mark Olalde

Trump Wants to Pick Up Where He Left Off in Dismantling Federal Agencies

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23.10.2024 4

Truthout

Mark Olalde

Trump Says He’ll Move Thousands of Federal Workers Out of Washington. Here’s What Happened the First Time He Tried.

by Mark Olalde ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights...

23.10.2024 60

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Mark Olalde