A federal auction of Colorado oil and gas leases netted less than $250,000 yesterday after most proposed leases were withdrawn due to environmental concerns.
The Bureau of Land Management auctioned 26 parcels, totaling 11,257 acres. The sale yielded $248,058 -- 49 percent of which will go to the...
A Montana judge ruled that BNSF Railway is responsible for cleaning up a polluted former oil refinery in Kalispell, Mont., at an estimated cost of $32.5 million.
The ruling was the first state Superfund hazardous-waste case that state regulators had taken to trial.
The state and BNSF went to...
Three quarters of Texas is in the midst of it worst drought in nearly a century, with much of the state going without significant rainfall since August.
The shortage has caused wheat-crop failures, dried up ponds and forced ranchers to spend heavily on hay and feed pellets to get their cattle...
The Wyoming House of Representatives yesterday overwhelmingly defeated a bill that would have strengthened gray wolf protections in the state's proposed management plan.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last month ruled wolves in Montana and Idaho were no longer an endangered species but said...
The winding passageways of Utah's 1.3-mile-long Bloomington Cave were once used as a refuge for American Indians but have since become a retreat for graffiti vandals and teenage partiers.
After unsuccessful attempts to close access to the cave, the Bureau of Land Management is proposing to...
The Pentagon has been paying landowners near a Texas military post to protect endangered bird species on their property under a secretive program designed to allow the military to conduct training activities that would harm the birds' habitat inside the post's boundaries, documents show.
Some...
Duke Energy Corp.'s proposed wind farm in Searchlight, Nev., is being touted for harnessing the power of the Mojave Desert wind to produce enough electricity for more than 280,000 homes. And though the proposal would provide clean, renewable energy, it could also result in significant harm to...
In a clear signal that the Obama administration is shifting the government's approach to energy exploration on public lands, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday canceled oil and gas leases on 77 parcels of federal land after opponents said the drilling would blight Utah's scenic southeastern...
Heather Wylie found herself out of a job in December. And it really had nothing to do with the economic crisis or her workplace performance. The 29-year-old biologist, who had worked for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Southern California for five years, left because of a little kayak trip. It...
A legislative committee moved forward a bill Wednesday that would retain tight state control over gray wolves in Wyoming if the federal government removes the animals from the endangered species list.
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