Why Martin Heinrich Sold Out Public Lands
More Than Just Parks argues Senator Martin Heinrich, Congress's best-regarded public lands champion, sold out with a permitting bill negotiated with Shelley Moore Capito, Mike Lee, and Sheldon Whitehouse that would shield the Trump administration's drilling and mining approvals from courts. The article's analysis of FEC records finds Heinrich has taken $1.55 million from the electric power industry since 2022.
