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- "President To Withdraw William Perry Pendley Nomination As BLM Head," AP/K2 Radio Wyoming, August 15, 2020, by Tom Morton.
- "Trump Taps Pendley for Land Bureau Chief After Year in Role," Bloomberg Environment, June 26, 2020, by Bobby Magill.
- "Cash Flows: How Investors Are Banking On the West’s Water Scarcity," Aspen Journalism, KUNC, KJZZ and The Nevada Independent, June 2, 2020, by Bret Jaspers, Daniel Rothberg, Luke Runyon and Heather Sackett.
- "He opposed public lands and wildlife protections. Trump gave him a top environment job," The Guardian US, May 20, 2020, by Jimmy Tobias.
- "White Supremacy Goes Green" (opinion), New York Times, February 28, 2020, by Beth Gardiner.
- "What A Special Black-footed Ferret Can Teach Us About Conservation Success," The Revelator, January 22, 2020, by John Platt.
- "Who's Killing Arizona’s Heber Wild Horses? 15 Dead So Far In 2020," Patch, January 15, 2020, by Beth Dalbey.
- "Coalition Against Pendley: Local orgs join call for BLM leadership change," Moab Sun News, January 9, 2020, by Maggie McGuire.
- "Climate Watch // Extreme Conservation," How on Earth/KGNU, January 7, 2020, by Susan Moran and Ted Wood (interviews with CSU conservation scientist Joel Berger and Audubon’s Alison Holloran).
- "For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds," Yes Magazine, January 7, 2020, by Breanna Draxler.
- "The future of crystal-based solar energy just got brighter," Science News for Students, January 7, 2020, by Kathiann Kowalski.
- "Acting Trump Public Lands Chief Gets Longer Stint Heading BLM," Bloomberg Environment, January 2, 2020, by Bobby Magill.
- "To Limit Climate Change, Scientists Try To Improve Solar and Wind Power," WUWM Milwaukee/NPR, December 26, 2019, by Chuck Quirmbach.
- "Hybrids Are Becoming More Common Rental Car Options," WUWM Milwaukee/NPR, December 23, 2019, by Chuck Quirmbach.
- "Taking Care of God's Creation," Earth Island Journal, Winter 2020, by Maureen Nandini Mitra.
- "Wild horses groomed as scapegoats for public land destruction," The Salt Lake Tribune, December 19, 2019, by Ginger Kathrens.
- "Candidates Are Promising to End Federal Oil and Gas Leasing. But Can They?" Audubon, December 17, 2019, by Andy McGlashen.
- "Climate (COP25) Summit Review," How on Earth/KGNU, December 17, 2019, by Susan Moran (interviews with CSU grad student Sarah Whipple and PhD candidate Tashiana Osborne).
- "Supercomputers, Climate Models and 40 Years of the World Climate Research Programme," InsideClimate News, December 6, 2019, by Judy Fahys.
- "Trump Administration Accused of Ignoring Public Input Through Its Revamp of Lands Councils," Oregon Public Broadcasting, December 4, 2019, by Jes Burns.
- "Farmer depression deepens as climate warms," Great Lakes Echo, Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, Michigan State University, November 27, 2019, by Cassidy Hough.
- "What Will It Take To End Extinction?" The Revelator, November 22, 2019, by John Platt.
- "The Problem with the BLM Moving to the West," Outside Magazine, November 21, 2019, by Heather Hansman.
- "COP25 Global Climate Summit," How on Earth/KGNU, November 19, 2019, by Susan Moran (interviews with CSU professor/scientist Gillian Bowser and PhD candidate Tashiana Osborne).
- "Our endangered species are even more endangered by climate change," The Hill, November 19, 2019, by Nicole Javorsky.
- "What's in the Water," KUNR Public Radio/Nevada, November 14, 2019, by Paul Boger and Kathleen Masterson.
- "Light Pollution Is Taking Away Our Night Skies. Here’s Why That Matters." HuffPost, November 13, 2019, by Kyla Mandel.
- "SEJ Conference-goers talk environmental journalism," November 7, 2019, by Austin Fleskes (video on Videosix, 00:03:59).
- "For Ohio farmers, wind turbine revenue helps take the sting out of a ‘bad’ year," Energy News Network, October 31, 2019, by Kathiann M. Kowalski.
- "Wild horses get sick at BLM corral in Utah, thwarting a major adoption event," The Salt Lake Tribune, October 29, 2019, by Brian Maffly.
- "Jars of jam and a lot of joy," High Country News, October 28, 2019, by Helen Santoro.
- "When environmental journalists gather," In This Climate, October 28, 2019 (podcast, 00:42:57).
- "BLM chief’s wild horse fixation distracts from the real threats to public land," High Country News, October 25, 2019, by Jonathan Thompson.
- "BLM Head Reiterates Focus on Removing Wild Horses, Burros From Western Lands," Boise State Public Radio, October 25, 2019, by Nate Hegyi.
- "Declining US greenhouse gas emissions: a Republican fairy tale," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 25, 2019, by Dawn Stover.
- "Ethane Crackers Spark Pollution Concerns," Living on Earth, October 25, 2019, by Bobby Bascomb.
- "Flight Plight: Why I Chose to Fly to an Environmental Journalism Conference" (editorial) The Revelator, October 25, 2019, by John Platt.
- "In era of cheap renewables, there’s still a need for research, NREL director says," Energy News, October 25, 2019, by Kathiann M. Kowalski.
- "Effort, obsession pay off for student journalism award winner," Covering the Planet, Michigan State University’s Knight Center for Environmental Journalism, October 24, 2019, by Andrew Blok.
- "Forum Focuses on Climate and the 2020 U.S. Election," Eos, October 22, 2019, by Randy Showstack.
- "Hanging with the lab rats: NREL researchers lay groundwork to accelerate US clean energy transition," Utility Dive, October 22, 2019, by Gloria Gonzalez.
- "Another SEJ conference, another masterclass in speaking truth to power," Medium/The Public Interest Network, October 21, 2019, by Ross Sherman.
- "Oil & Gas Industry Braces for Regulatory Crackdown," OilPrice.com, October 20, 2019, by Nick Cunningham (story informed by Tour 1. Oil and Gas Clashes With Human Development and Public Lands).
- "Join the Earth Institute's Climate and Sustainability Communications Network," State of the Planet blog, Earth Institute/Columbia University, October 18, 2019, by Andrew Revkin.
- "NREL engineer on the 'grand challenges' of supersizing wind power on the grid," Energy News Network, October 18, 2019, by Kathiann M. Kowalski.
- "BLM chief scorned 'deep state,' 'Pocahontas,' ESA 'hammer'," E&E News, October 17, 2019, by Jennifer Yachnin.
- "On a positive note… mostly" (opinion), Boulder Weekly, October 17, 2019, by Joel Dyer (speaker on October 12 mini-tour "Environmental Justice on the Plains").
- "Trump official says wild horses, not climate change, are 'existential threat' to federal lands," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, October 17, 2019, by Dawn Stover.
- "APR: Chemical recycling is not 'silver bullet' for plastics challenges," Waste Dive, October 16, 2019, by Gloria Gonzalez.
- "Climate change reaching turning point as issue in 2020 election," The (Toledo) Blade, October 16, 2019, by Tom Henry.
- "The Energy 202: Trump administration wants to open up more public trails to e-bikes. No one knows exactly what that means." The Washington Post, October 16, 2019, by Juliet Eilperin.
- "Public Lands Decisions Best Made in D.C., Acting BLM Chief Says," Bloomberg Environment, October 16, 2019, by Bobby Magill.
- "The William Perry Pendley Rehabilitation Tour," The Revelator, October 15, 2019, by John Platt.
- "Alleged National Grid management problems at 'the highest levels' prompt Massachusetts investigation," Utility Dive, October 14, 2019, by Robert Walton.
- "Even the Rockies aren't immune to algae problems," The (Toledo) Blade, October 14, 2019, by Tom Henry.
- "Former feds claim runoff is 'wiping out' Great Lakes," The (Toledo) Blade, October 14, 2019, by Tom Henry.
- "Journalists explore bison and ferret conservation, water issues, environmental justice, farming and more," CSU Source, October 14, 2019, by Mary Guiden.
- "President McConnell's remarks at the Society of Environmental Journalists conference," CSU Source, October 14, 2019, by CSU External Relations Staff (opening remarks prior to the plenary).
- "Scattering BLM will be good for policy, boss William Pendley says. Not with him at the helm, advocacy groups argue." The Colorado Sun, October 14, 2019, by Mark Jaffe.
- "Acting BLM chief defends moving agency's HQ West, says D.C. managers out of touch," The Denver Post via Tribune Content Agency/AP (Colorado Politics), October 13, 2019, by Judith Kohler.
- "Protesters Spotlight Trump Official's View That Public Lands Should Be Sold," Colorado Times Recorder, October 12, 2019, by Jason Salzman.
- "Trump administration calls wild horses biggest threat to public lands — here are the real threats" (opinion), The Hill, October 12, 2019, by Erik Molvar.
- "2019 Society of Environmental Journalists Conference," Planeta.com, October 11, 2019, by Ron Mader (with embedded tweets).
- "BLM head: 'What I thought, what I wrote, what I did in the past is irrelevant.'," High Country News, October 11, 2019, by Chris D'Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman.
- "The Controversial BLM Acting Director Refused To Address His Personal Views On Climate Change And Public Lands At An Environmental Journalism Conference," Colorado Public Radio, October 11, 2019, by Michael Elizabeth Sakas and Kelley Griffin.
- "'Havoc' From Wild Horses Is Top Issue for Trump Lands Chief (1)," Bloomberg Environment, October 11, 2019, by Emily C. Dooley.
- ON TAP TODAY (AROUND THE AGENCIES section), Morning Energy/Politico, October 11, 2019, by Kelsey Tamborrino.
- "SEJ enters middle age with grace," Environmental Health News, October 11, 2019, by Peter Dykstra.
- "U.S. Public Lands Chief Says His Positions on Climate, Immigrants Don't Matter," The Huffington Post, October 11, 2019, by Chris D'Angelo and Alexander C. Kaufman.
- "A Warm (or Maybe Cold?) Colorado Welcome to Our Environmental Guests," Energy in Depth/IPAA, October 11, 2019, by William Allison.
- "'What I Did in the Past Is Irrelevant,' BLM Chief Says in Fort Collins," Westword, October 11, 2019, by Chase Woodruff.
- "CSU welcomes 700 environmental journalists to campus," CSU Source, October 10, 2019, by Kate Jeracki.
- "Indy Environment: A wild horse plan in Congress, backed by animal welfare groups, angers advocates," The Nevada Independent, October 10, 2019, by Daniel Rothberg.
- "The World's Leading Environmental Journalists Meet in Fort Collins, Colorado," Environmental Protection, October 10, 2019.
- "Reporters gather to talk environment, health, climate," Environmental Health News, October 9, 2019, by Douglas Fischer.
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