Kate and Aaron talk through the effects of President Donald Trump’s first executive orders on public lands with Drew McConville, a senior fellow on the Conservation Policy team at the Center for American Progress. His research is focused on energy, public lands, and Alaska.

• Trump Signs Orders to Promote Fossil Fuels and End Climate Policies – New York Times
• EPA takes unprecedented step to remove uranium waste from the Navajo Nation – High Country News

• 8 Ways Special Interests Are Asking President-Elect Trump To Sell Out U.S. Public Lands – Center for American Progress
• Episode transcript
• Blog post of interview (edited for length and clarity)

Hosts: Kate Groetzinger & Aaron Weiss 

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Music: Purple Planet

Featured image: President Trump signs executive orders following his inauguration. Source: White House

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