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  • Western legislatures grab for control of public lands

    Western legislatures grab for control of public lands

    Some Western states are rekindling the Sagebrush Rebellion and demanding ownership of federal lands -- but it's not just about local control.

    by Jodi Peterson, May 15, 2012
  • The Other Bakken Boom: America's biggest oil rush brings tribal conflict

    The Other Bakken Boom: America's biggest oil rush brings tribal conflict

    North Dakota's Three Affiliated Tribes have long wanted a stake in the state's occasional oil booms, but the size, scope and speed of the Bakken development caught them completely unprepared.

    by Sierra Crane-Murdoch, Apr 23, 2012
  • When a boom is not a boon

    When a boom is not a boon

    In North Dakota, the Three Affiliated Tribes are trying to cope with both the benefits and the unexpected problems brought by the Bakken oil rush.

    by Sarah Gilman, Apr 15, 2012

  • Industry embeds its own in the BLM

    Energy and mining companies are paying the salaries of workers at Bureau of Land Management offices around the West

    by Tony Barboza, Aug 08, 2005

  • Feds oppose state's effort to empowerlandowners

    Wyoming’s new "split-estate" law, designed to give private landowners more control over energy development on their property, hits a big obstacle – the Bush administration

    by Kerry Brophy, Aug 22, 2005

  • Congress and Indians spar over lost money

    Sen. John McCain proposes a way to settle the long-running scandal over missing Indian trust-account funds, but Blackfoot banker Elouise Cobell remains wary

    by Daniel Kraker, Aug 22, 2005

  • Follow-up

    Judge Dee Benson reconsiders the Norton-Leavitt 2003 wilderness settlement; New Mexico’s Otero Mesa back on the oil and gas auction block; former NOAA administrator James Lecky accused of doctoring science in controversial biological opinion

    by Matt Jenkins, Aug 22, 2005

  • Bedrock environmental law takes a beating

    Congressman Richard Pombo’s task force tears into the National Environmental Policy Act

    by Laura Paskus, Aug 22, 2005

  • Congress touts 'green energy,' but bill is black and blue

    The House of Representatives passes an energy bill with even more industrial pork than the Bush administration requested.

    by Laura Paskus, May 16, 2005
  • Fracking is the big new gun

    Fracking is the big new gun

    Hydraulic fracturing is changing the energy industry -- and the entire nation -- in ways we’re only beginning to understand.

    by Randy Udall, Mar 29, 2012
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