Fearing a rollback of offshore drilling rules will threaten worker safety and coastal waters, nine environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, claiming weaker standards could lead to another catastrophe like the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
Read moreA bill to restore ownership of tribal land to the Mashpee Wampanoag after the Trump administration took away their Massachusetts reservation passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, though what will happen in the Senate is anyone’s guess.
Read moreThe Trump administration disclosed plans to open over one million acres in central California to oil drilling and fracking on Thursday, the federal government undeterred by the fact that no new drilling leases have been issued since 2013.
Read moreSupreme Court Justice Elena Kagan’s father was 3 years old when the census taker came to the family’s apartment on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, on April 10, 1930. Robert Kagan was initially wrongly listed as an “alien,” though he was a native-born New Yorker.
Read moreUtah Physicians for a Healthy Environment sued the Department of the Interior for approving a lease to mine coal near Bryce Canyon National Park.
Read moreThe Senate on Thursday confirmed a former lobbyist who represented oil, gas and other energy companies to lead the Department of the Interior.
Read moreRinging in the first meeting of the House Select Committee on Climate Crisis, a group of young leaders and activists called on Congress Thursday to take a bipartisan stance against manmade climate change before time runs out.
Read moreWith multiple masked swamp creatures in attendance, former oil lobbyist and current acting Interior Secretary David Bernhardt faced both praise and condemnation along party lines in his confirmation hearing before a Senate panel Thursday.
Read moreFuture public-land sales will involve consideration, for the first time, of public access for hunting, fishing and other recreational activities, the secretary of the interior announced Thursday.
Read moreThree environmental groups sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over its decision to sell leases of millions of acres of land along the Gulf of Mexico for offshore drilling.
Read moreSaying the changes could open the process up to politicization and unnecessary litigation, a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday took aim at new rules the Interior Department has proposed for handling public records requests.
Read moreAlaskans for and against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge offered their opinions during the final public scoping session held by the federal government Monday.
Read morePresident Donald Trump took to Twitter late Monday to announce he will nominate former oil lobbyist and current deputy Interior Department chief David Bernhardt to replace Ryan Zinke, who resigned as secretary amid a storm of ethic violation allegations.
Read moreGovernment watchdog groups say the Department of Interior’s proposed revisions to its Freedom of Information Act guidelines leave the public in the dark about government activity and may be illegal.
Read moreA day after a report surfaced that former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is under scrutiny for potentially lying to investigators in his own department, an attorney for an anti-corruption watchdog said Friday federal officials take those allegations very seriously.
Read moreThe Trump administration declined Tuesday to extend federal protections to 13 rare species of wildlife.
Read moreEBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JONATHAN LEMIRE WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who is facing federal investigations into his
Read moreA nonprofit science advocacy group has issued a scathing rebuke to the Trump administration in general and the Interior Department and its chief Ryan Zinke in particular, saying the agency works to suppress the work of scientists to the benefit of the oil and gas industry.
Read moreIf what happened Friday is any indication, the relationship between the incoming chair of the House Natural Resources Committee and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke will be contentious to say the least.
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