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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.
The Trump administration is refusing to release records about "clandestine" meetings between the Interior Department and industry that led to the end of the federal coal leasing moratorium, the Center for Biological Diversity said in a lawsuit filed today.
Murray Energy Corp. CEO Robert Murray has filed yet another "meritless" defamation lawsuit, attorneys for comedian John Oliver argued last week in federal court.
House lawmakers will take up bills this week to block coal leasing moratoria, the social cost of carbon metric and attempts to ban mining in Minnesota.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will review a slew of natural resources bills this week, including a permanent ban on mining near Yellowstone National Park.
Almost a decade after the Supreme Court decided its fate, a small lake in remote southeastern Alaska yesterday still epitomized the gulf in opinion about how to reform hardrock mining.