Politics Feb 16 Zinke misused position, lied to ethics official, according to federal investigators Government investigators say former U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke misused his position to advance a Montana development project and lied to an agency ethics official about his involvement.
Nation Jan 18 Biden administration plans to increase controlled burns in Western states at risk for wildfires The Biden administration plans to significantly increase efforts to stave off catastrophic wildfires that have been torching areas of the U.S. West by more aggressively thinning forests around areas where nature and neighborhoods collide.
Economy Dec 23 Company seeks to restore oil lease on land sacred to tribes The Badger-Two-Medicine area near Glacier National Park is the site of the creation story of the Blackfoot tribes of southern Canada and Montana's Blackfeet Nation.
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.