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Wildlife advocates are pushing back on a bill in Congress which would remove federal wilderness protections.

The Arizona Governor's Office of Resilience and industry leaders discussed clean energy investments in the state at Honeywell's facility in Phoenix Monday. The event highlighted the partnership between the public and private sectors and how federal funds can be leveraged to continue making investments in renewable energy sources across Arizona, made available through the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Blaise Caudill, energy policy adviser to Arizona Gov. ...

Wildlife advocates are pushing back on a bill in Congress which would remove federal wilderness protections from some Montana land. There are currently 44 Wilderness Study Areas, making up a million acres of Montana's wildest prairies, river breaks, deep forests and mountain peaks in all corners of the state. Experts agreed they provide unparalleled wildlife habitat, clean air and water. ...

A Virginia group is working out ways to reforest former mines across Appalachia. The state has several hundred thousand acres of mine land, which was being handled under the Virginia Department of Energy's Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program. But other groups feel reforesting mine lands can play a role in reducing global carbon levels. ...

Sen. Daines' approach to public lands is deeply concerning. While he’s withheld real support of the popular made-in-Montana Blackfoot Clearwater Stewardship Act, which 84% of Montanans support, he’s kept pushing