In this year’s final episode of Go West, Young Podcast, a look at how multinational mining companies and clients of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s former lobbying firm are running roughshod over public lands.

Guests

* Nicole Gentile, Center for American Progress, author of “Multinational Mining Corporations Are Exploiting U.S. Taxpayers”* Jesse Prentice-Dunn, Center for Western Priorities, author of “Lobbyists get bang for the bucks at Interior”

History

* In Oregon vs. Mitchell, the Supreme Court confirms Congress can lower the federal voting age to 18

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Wikimedia Commons

In this year’s final episode of Go West, Young Podcast, a look at how multinational mining companies and clients of Interior Secretary David Bernhardt’s former lobbying firm are running roughshod over public lands.

Guests

* Nicole Gentile, Center for American Progress, author of “Multinational Mining Corporations Are Exploiting U.S. Taxpayers”* Jesse Prentice-Dunn, Center for Western Priorities, author of “Lobbyists get bang for the bucks at Interior”

History

* In Oregon vs. Mitchell, the Supreme Court confirms Congress can lower the federal voting age to 18

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge, Wikimedia Commons

Kim Delfino, California Program Director at Defenders of Wildlife, tells us about the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, which is in the Trump administration’s crosshairs even though it debuted to widespread praise just three years ago.

News

* Interior official broke ethics rules* Previously: Bernhardt intervened to block pesticides report* Government watchdog to investigate BLM relocation

History

* Wyoming grants women the right to vote

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Solar Energy Generating Systems solar power plants III-VII at Mojave Desert, California, Wikimedia Commons

Kim Delfino, California Program Director at Defenders of Wildlife, tells us about the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan, which is in the Trump administration’s crosshairs even though it debuted to widespread praise just three years ago.

News

* Interior official broke ethics rules* Previously: Bernhardt intervened to block pesticides report* Government watchdog to investigate BLM relocation

History

* Wyoming grants women the right to vote

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Solar Energy Generating Systems solar power plants III-VII at Mojave Desert, California, Wikimedia Commons

Sarah Shimazaki, producer and host of the Outside Voices podcast, takes us through some of her favorite moments from the series, and talks about why it’s so important to elevate the stories of groups who often aren’t reflected in traditional narratives about the outdoors. Listen to Outside Voices on Apple Podcasts or outsidevoicespodcast.com.

News

* Acting BLM chief William Perry Pendley says feds should bow to sheriffs* Interior ignores court order on sage grouse protection

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: @outsidevoicespodcast

Sarah Shimazaki, producer and host of the Outside Voices podcast, takes us through some of her favorite moments from the series, and talks about why it’s so important to elevate the stories of groups who often aren’t reflected in traditional narratives about the outdoors. Listen to Outside Voices on Apple Podcasts or outsidevoicespodcast.com.

News

* Acting BLM chief William Perry Pendley says feds should bow to sheriffs* Interior ignores court order on sage grouse protection

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: @outsidevoicespodcast

We talk to 38-year civil service veteran Steve Ellis about what’s happening inside Bureau of Land Management headquarters as the Trump administration sends letters forcing most employees to relocate their families or quit.

News

* David Bernhardt gives his own ethics guidance* Colorado’s oil and gas industry faces a debt reckoning

History

* The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair of 1909

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Bureau of Land Management

We talk to 38-year civil service veteran Steve Ellis about what’s happening inside Bureau of Land Management headquarters as the Trump administration sends letters forcing most employees to relocate their families or quit.

News

* David Bernhardt gives his own ethics guidance* Colorado’s oil and gas industry faces a debt reckoning

History

* The Ballinger-Pinchot Affair of 1909

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple PlanetPhoto: Bureau of Land Management

We take a deep dive into the Center for Western Priorities’ Winning the West poll to find out what Western voters want to hear from candidates in the 2020 election. Download the full poll results or highlights presentation.

Guest: Brian Gottlieb, Gottlieb Strategic Research

History: USFWS reveals the black-footed ferret, thought to have been extinct, has been found in Wyoming.

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple Planet

We take a deep dive into the Center for Western Priorities’ Winning the West poll to find out what Western voters want to hear from candidates in the 2020 election. Download the full poll results or highlights presentation.

Guest: Brian Gottlieb, Gottlieb Strategic Research

History: USFWS reveals the black-footed ferret, thought to have been extinct, has been found in Wyoming.

Host/producer: Aaron WeissFeedback: [email protected]Music: Purple Planet