Nation Apr 06 Work starts in Montana on disputed Canada-US oil pipeline A Canadian company has started construction on the long-stalled Keystone XL oil sands pipeline despite calls from tribal leaders and environmentalists to delay the $8 billion project amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Economy Mar 31 Disputed Canada-U.S. oil pipeline work to start in April The project is bitterly opposed by environmentalists and some American Indian tribes.
Science Mar 31 Trump rule could kill billions of birds says former wildlife director The former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told AP billions of birds could die if the government doesn't hold companies liable for accidental bird deaths.
Nation Feb 11 Oil from federal lands tops 1 billion barrels as Trump eases industry rules Oil production from federally-managed lands and waters topped a record 1 billion barrels last year, federal officials said Tuesday, as technological advances helped drive development in new areas and the Trump administration eases rules on the industry.
Nation Jan 22 Trump administration approves Keystone pipeline on U.S. land The Trump administration has approved a right-of-way allowing the Keystone XL oil sands pipeline to be built across U.S. land.
Health Jan 09 As wildfires get worse, spreading smoke stokes health worries Increasingly intense wildfires are scorching forests from California to Australia and stoking concern among residents and health professionals about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure.
Nation Jan 02 Backlog of toxic Superfund clean-ups grows under Trump The Trump administration has built up the biggest backlog of unfunded toxic Superfund clean-up projects in at least 15 years, nearly triple the number that were stalled for lack of money in the Obama era, according to 2019 figures quietly…
Nation Oct 21 Report: U.S. public land workers assaulted, threatened on job The report did not say whether rates of assaults and threats were increasing.
Nation Sep 05 Squirrels, bees could get U.S. aid but not Yellowstone's bison Wildlife advocates have campaigned for decades to halt the routine slaughter of bison migrating out of Yellowstone to reach their winter grazing grounds in Montana.
Politics Apr 16 Former Interior Secretary Zinke hired by gold mining firm U.S. Gold Corp. is pursuing project approvals involving the federal agency that Zinke left fewer than four months ago.