The deadly Wine Country blazes ignited and grew in forests and shrublands.
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The rollback prompts broad opposition from former officials from both political parties.
The Trump administration will allow oil and gas leasing in key sagebrush lands.
As other initiatives get cut, these centers could ride out the Trump administration.
However, several more steps would have to happen for drilling to be authorized.
The Mojave Desert project moves forward without typical environmental review.
Campaign donations are flowing at record pace for a state Senate seat in the high-tech suburbs of Seattle.
Climate change official Joel Clement was one of the few current staffers to speak out.
New alliance highlights states’ progress despite President Donald Trump’s rollbacks.
The policy ignores major drivers of Western fire: weather and climate change.
The senator bucks his party on climate change, after years of silence.
The courts have slowed some rollbacks but many have moved ahead.
And seniors are rushing to get one before they’re gone.
Trump has an opportunity to reshape the judiciary branch for a generation.
Public pressure prompts reversal of unfriendly solar policies.
Worries about science censorship drove her from her post at the Energy Department.
David Bernhardt’s law firm stands to benefit from a project he would oversee.
Our new Supreme Court justice doesn’t think so.
Public support for rooftop solar has led to more moderate positions.
A bipartisan group couldn’t get what they wanted from the old EPA.
The court-released exchanges show Scott Pruitt’s cozy relationship with oil and gas could impact energy development.
Groups hope the delay gives them time to save the BLM’s methane rule.
The reversal was expected following Trump’s executive order.
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