Nation Dec 21 Biden administration approves expansion of solar power on U.S. land U.S. officials have approved two solar projects in California and are opening public lands in three other Western states to potential solar development — part of the Biden administration's effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels.
Economy Nov 16 Days after climate talks, companies bid $192 million in 1st Gulf oil sale under Biden Energy companies have offered a combined $192 million for drilling rights on federal oil and gas reserves in the Gulf of Mexico in the first government lease sale under President Joe Biden.
Nation Nov 12 Fight over U.S. wolf protections heads to federal courtroom U.S. government attorneys are set to appear before a federal judge to defend a decision from the waning days of the Trump administration that lifted protections for gray wolves across most of the country.
World Nov 02 Biden administration acknowledges impacts of oil and gas sales on public land, but hasn't stopped them The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change.
Science Nov 02 U.S. says oil and gas sales damage climate, but won't quit them yet The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of public land despite concluding that burning fossil fuels from those parcels could carry huge costs and contribute to climate change.
Science Oct 29 U.S. to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change.
Science Oct 26 Wildlife agencies to cancel Trump-era endangered species rules President Joe Biden's administration is canceling two environmental rollbacks under former President Donald Trump that limited habitat protections for imperiled plants and wildlife.
Nation Oct 17 Coast Guard: 1,200-foot ship dragged California oil pipeline A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC DANIT just hours after the massive ship arrived this weekend off the Port of Long Beach, the same area where the leak…
Nation Oct 05 The Coast Guard says it didn't have enough evidence initially to act on oil spill off California Rear Admiral Brian Penoyer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Coast Guard was alerted Friday night by a “good Samaritan” that there was a sheen on the water.
Nation Sep 29 U.S. declares 23 species extinct It’s a rare move for wildlife officials to give up hope on a plant or animal. But scientists say climate change threatens to make extinctions more common as it adds to the pressures facing imperiled species.