Three years of rollbacks have taken a toll, without delivering real benefits.
Energy & Industry
The U.S. is a net exporter of petroleum, but it is not energy-independent.
As coal continues to fade, Pueblo, Colorado, looks to renewables for a new economy.
The placelessness of corporations today can imperil communities.
For our survival, we can look to my father’s vision as an alternative to our current path.
The new rule would legalize the unintentional killing of birds by energy companies and other industries.
Emails show Interior appointees crafted a narrative that blamed forest protection efforts for wildfires.
Moving land-management HQ out of Washington illustrates the ‘deconstruction of the administrative state.’
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
‘Under Bernhardt, the Interior Department appears to have priced access to our nation’s resources at $30 million and counting.’
Some critics worry the programs provide cover for climate-harming practices.
Proposed environmental rollbacks would gut NEPA, allowing federal agencies to ignore climate effects and expedite infrastructure permitting.
Protesting the Jordan Cove natural gas facility and its pipeline brings an environmental writer and a rancher together.
“When you turn coal units off you see deaths go down.”
Compare the annual waste produced by a coal-burning power plant and a nuclear generating station.
The state faces a future without an industry that’s been very good to it.
Feds aim to push back the opening of ‘glassification’ plants, while state officials say the Department of Energy has been underfunding the cleanup of America’s most poisoned site.
Even in states like New Mexico that depend on oil revenue, the costs outweigh the benefits.
Species extinction, near-constant wildfire and widespread drought are a few dangers William Perry Pendley might consider instead.
Advocates hope new laws will bring changes, but they aren’t seeing much yet.
A unified grid would allow for easier sharing of wind and solar power.
Acting BLM Director William Perry Pendley won’t answer questions about his history of climate denial or denigrating immigrants at environmental journalism conference.
After decades of court cases have rebuffed federal management, it may take a political fix to restore salmon in the Columbia Basin.
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