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The Latest by Blaine Miller-McFeeley

Senior Legislative Representative

Tongass National Forest
February 14, 2025

Southeast Alaskans Want Sustainable Economies, not Extractive Industry, Within the Tongass National Forest

By Kate Glover & Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Alaska Office

The Trump administration’s agenda to repeal Roadless Rule protections on the Tongass doesn’t square with a popular vision of sustainable local economies dependent on intact forest ecosystems

A farm near Clarinda in southwest Iowa.
May 22, 2024

House Farm Bill Squanders Environmental Opportunities

By Ranjani Prabhakar & Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Policy and Legislation Team

With provisions to rollback climate-smart agriculture provisions, weaken environmental laws, and offer handouts to polluting industries, the House Farm Bill is the culmination of a toxic partisan process.

A flat desert landscape with cactus plants in the foreground, a small canyon in the middle distance and taller mesas on the horizon. White clouds contrast with a blue sky.
April 26, 2024

Defending the Antiquities Act and Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Rocky Mountain Office

Attacks on the Antiquities Act are not new. Earthjustice and our partners continue to fight back.

Silhouette of oil and gas drilling rigs.
March 29, 2023

It’s Time to Tell the Truth About Republicans’ Disastrous Energy Package

By Raúl García & Blaine Miller-McFeeley & Stephen Schima  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Republicans’ first major legislative package is a giveaway to corporate polluters.

A waterfall in Southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest.
September 20, 2021

The Most Cost-Effective Climate Solution Available: Keep Forests Where They Are

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley & Addie Haughey  /  Policy and Legislation Team

We’re calling on the Biden administration to conserve all mature and old-growth trees throughout our federal forests.

June 28, 2021

To Create a Clean Energy Future, Mining Reform Must Be Front and Center

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Biodiversity Defense Program & Policy and Legislation Team

We are advocating for four solutions that together can ensure a sustainable supply chain for critical minerals.

U.S. Congressman Ryan Zinke of Montana speaks at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.
October 24, 2018

These Are the Industry Cronies Actually Running Trump and Zinke’s Department of the Interior

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Policy and Legislation Team

Little-known officials are remaking policy in ways that threaten environmental health for the benefit of their polluting friends.

Un automóvil pasa por entre las llamas durante el incendio Carr, en Shasta, California. El Secretario de Interior, Ryan Zinke, ha declarado falsamente que mayores talas forestales contribuirían a prevenir los devastadores incendios que azotan el Oeste.
August 15, 2018

Mientras California arde en incendios forestales, Trump y Zinke dicen que lo mejor es talar bosques

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Policy and Legislation Team

La administración Trump y los republicanos de la Cámara utilizan como excusa a los incendios forestales de la costa oeste para eliminar leyes fundamentales a favor del medio ambiente

A car passes through flames on Highway 299 as the Carr Fire burns through Shasta, Calif. U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has falsely suggested that more logging would help prevent the devastating fires raging across the West.
August 15, 2018

California Fires Signal Need for Climate Action

By Blaine Miller-McFeeley  /  Policy and Legislation Team

The Trump administration and House Republicans are using the fires across the West as an excuse to chip away at bedrock environmental laws.