• Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order

    Experts: Long road ahead for Trump offshore drilling order

    Apr 29, 2017 01:16 PM EDT

    ... plan would remain in effect during the review, which he estimated would take years before any new leases are possible. Still, Pam Giblin, an Austin, Texas-based environmental attorney who represents energy companies said Trump's order is welcome to her clients despite the limitations they see. "Every one of ...

  • Why armed militia groups are surging across the nation

    Why armed militia groups are surging across the nation

    Apr 19, 2017 11:48 PM EDT

    ... have long been active in the U.S., but they have been recently energized by two key events: last year's occupation of an outside wildlife refuge in Oregon by anti-government activist Ammon Bundy, and the 2014 standoff in Nevada, where Bundy's father, backed by militiamen, squared off ...

  • Here are some of the physical challenges the border wall faces

    Here are some of the physical challenges the border wall faces

    Mar 29, 2017 09:01 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Geographic and physical challenges — including the Rio Grande and threatened wildlife — will make it difficult to build the "big, beautiful wall" that President Donald Trump has promised on the U.S.-Mexico border, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Wednesday. Building a wall "is complex in some areas," including Big ...

  • Trump's stock in oil pipeline company raises concern

    Trump's stock in oil pipeline company raises concern

    Nov 25, 2016 01:43 PM EDT

    ... the $3.8 billion project as president. Trump's 2016 federal disclosure forms show he owned between $15,000 and $50,000 in stock in Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners. That's down from between $500,000 and $1 million a year earlier. Trump also owns between $100,000 and ...

  • Obama blocks new oil, gas drilling in Arctic Ocean

    Obama blocks new oil, gas drilling in Arctic Ocean

    Nov 18, 2016 07:02 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, walruses and other wildlife and exacerbate global warming. A five-year offshore drilling plan announced on Friday blocks planned ...

  • News Wrap:  California dreaming? Bernie Sanders stumps for upset win in Golden State

    News Wrap: California dreaming? Bernie Sanders stumps for upset win in Golden State

    May 25, 2016 12:08 AM EDT

    ... dollar signs -- how candidates are getting the financial support they need for the next phase. JUDY WOODRUFF: And months after a standoff at an Oregon wildlife refuge became national news, opposing sides of the federal land dispute are coming together to try a different approach. DAN NICHOLS, Rancher: We can ...

  • Before Oregon's armed takeover, a long-brewing dispute over rangeland health

    Before Oregon's armed takeover, a long-brewing dispute over rangeland health

    Jan 07, 2016 09:41 PM EDT

    Most ranchers aren’t taking the same hardline, anti-government stance as the armed militants who took over Eastern Oregon’s Malheur Wildlife Refuge headquarters. Still, their distrust of federal land managers runs deep -- and is deeply rooted in environmental conflict. Overgrazed and eroded rangelands prompted the creation of the ...

  • Think El Niño is weird now? Just wait for this summer

    Think El Niño is weird now? Just wait for this summer

    Jan 04, 2016 09:17 PM EDT

    Scientists predict what El Niño might mean for the cost of cookies, the quality of marijuana and the arrival of DC's cherry blossoms.

  • What's next for the armed militiamen in Oregon?

    What's next for the armed militiamen in Oregon?

    Jan 04, 2016 05:12 PM EDT

    The militiamen said their mission in Burns, Oregon, is to put the federal lands under local control, although it’s unclear by what means. The leader of the occupation, Ammon Bundy, said the protesters have a plan that will take “several months at the shortest to accomplish.”

  • President Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline project

    President Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline project

    Nov 06, 2015 04:29 PM EDT

    President Barack Obama has rejected TransCanada's application to build the controversial Keystone XL pipeline across the United States. He said Friday that “shipping dirtier crude oil into our country” would not increase America’s energy security.