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The president also wants a 20-year mineral withdrawal for 225,000 acres in the Thompson Divide area to ban mining and drilling. Conservation advocates are

A fight along Colorado’s waterways pits an alliance of white-water rafters and amateur anglers against some of the nation’s wealthiest landowners, bruising the image of a sportsman’s paradise.

The National Environmental Policy Act may not be enough to stop projects such as Willow in Alaska, even as political commitments and climate policies aim to

While the law largely focuses on clean energy incentives, it also secures new drilling opportunities for oil and gas companies.

The U.S. oil industry hit a legal roadblock in January when a judge struck down a $192 million oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico over future global warming emissions from burning the fuels. It came at a pivotal time for Chevron, Exxon and other industry players: the Biden administration had…

The legislation mandates several oil and gas lease sales. It also locks renewables and fossil fuel together for 10 years. So if the Biden administration wants solar and wind, it must first offer new oil and gas leases.

While the climate bill signed Tuesday by President Joe Biden focuses on clean energy incentives, it also buoys oil and gas interests. Heres how.

While the law largely focuses on clean energy incentives, it also secures new drilling opportunities for oil and gas companies.

While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation’s coasts.

Arizona and Nevada residents won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite more Colorado River water shortages. But U.S. officials announced Tuesday there will be less water available next year for them from the river that serves 40 million people in the West and Mexico and a farm industry worth billions…