A new report forecasts the loss in workdays and wages if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t reined in.
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Noxious algae is choking the very watershed that’s drawing people to develop property there.
New National Environmental Policy Act rules limit public input and allow federal agencies to ignore climate impacts of infrastructure projects.
Despite decrying destruction of Confederate monuments, the president has dismantled millions of acres of national monuments.
Ahead of the elections, two senators champion an act that would permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund.
The plans for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante provide ‘certainty’ to business owners and communities, officials said.
The new rule would legalize the unintentional killing of birds by energy companies and other industries.
Daniel Jorjani, the agency’s top lawyer, reached out to his former employer for advice in April 2017.
Proposed environmental rollbacks would gut NEPA, allowing federal agencies to ignore climate effects and expedite infrastructure permitting.
Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley won’t answer questions about his history of climate denial or denigrating immigrants at environmental journalism conference.
‘The size and scope is simply staggering.’
The Consumer Energy Alliance made substantial edits to lawmaker op-eds about the controversial Jordan Cove Energy Project.
The new implementation guidelines relax habitat protections and favor development.
William Perry Pendley has been tasked with overseeing 245 million acres of public lands he’s argued the federal government shouldn’t own.
There’s no law to make him address the climate and biodiversity crises, David Bernhardt said: ‘You guys come up with the shalls.’
The former oil lobbyist has connections with industries that could profit from his decisions managing the nation’s natural and cultural resources.
A reporter staked a mining claim on former monument lands. You could, too.
Montana’s lawmakers slight climate change as a main driver for the state’s blazes.
A precedent-setting decision on endangered species recovery echoes East to West.
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