Dylan covers the mining industry and American Indian issues. Since joining Greenwire in April 2014, he's also written about the U.S. Geological Survey, endangered species, public lands and wildlife trafficking. He worked previously for Idaho's The Lewiston Morning Tribune. He graduated from the University of Idaho in 2013.
Top House Natural Resources Committee Republicans renewed their demands for the Interior Department to inventory all the administrative bans on oil, gas and mining development on public lands.
The two cousins who help run Pennsylvania mining services firm Lee Supply Co. Inc., Shawn and Kevin Lee, each gave $3,000 to West Virginia Republican Senate candidate Patrick Morrisey on July 30. Another family member, CEO Michael Lee, gave the same amount.
President Trump today nominated William Althen to another six-year term on the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, which currently lacks enough members to function.
Mission Coal Co. filed for bankruptcy yesterday after failing to sell a major West Virginia mine and a legal spat with the family company of that state's governor.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke says the Trump administration could use military bases to ship fossil fuels from the West Coast and circumvent environmental opposition.