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Bureau of Land Management

Public Lands in the US Have Long Been Disposed to Fossil Fuel Companies. Now, the Lands Are Being Offered to Solar Companies

As the nation looks to transition to more forms of renewable energy, the country’s millions of acres of public lands could be key, drawing concerns over how local habitats could be impacted.

By Wyatt Myskow

Solar panels sprawl across the Mojave Desert on Aug. 14, 2022 near California City, California. Credit: David McNew/Getty Images
Flares burning off gas at Belridge Oil Field and hydraulic fracking site which is the fourth largest oil field in California. Credit: Citizens of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Environmental Groups and Native Leaders Say Proposed Venting and Flaring Rule Falls Short

By Autumn Jones

A rainbow touches down on the Kokalik River, in northwestern Alaska, winds its way through the National Petroleum Reserve. Credit: Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images

Biden Administration Allows Controversial Arctic Oil Project to Proceed

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Cattle graze by a reservoir on June 30, 2021 in Mesa County near Whitewater, Colorado. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

The Bureau of Land Management Lets 1.5 Million Cattle Graze on Federal Land for Almost Nothing, but the Cost to the Climate Could Be High

By Georgina Gustin

Tracy Stone-Manning, President Joe Biden's nominee for Director of the Bureau of Land Management, swears-in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee in Washington on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Credit: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

A Key Nomination for Biden’s Climate Agenda Advances to the Full Senate

By Judy Fahys

Bighorn sheep like these in Unaweep Canyon and wild, wide-open spaces on the Uncompahgre Plateau of western Colorado are threatened by decisions tied to the de facto leader at the Bureau of Land Management, say the state of Montana and conservation groups

A Judge's Ruling Ousted Federal Lands Chief. Now Some Want His Decisions Tossed, Too

By Judy Fahys

The White House has chosen veteran lands lawyer William Perry Pendley to permanently lead the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency that oversees one acre of every ten in the United States. Credit: Kevin Beaty

Sagebrush Rebel Picked for Public Lands Post Sparks Controversy in Mountain West Elections

By Judy Fahys

A coal train winds through Wyoming. Kimon Berlin/CC-BY-SA-2.0

Judge: Trump Must Consider Climate Change in Major Drilling, Mining Lease Plan

By Neela Banerjee

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar

Feds Punt on Leadership Over Fracking Rules

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Natural gas drilling rig in Colorado.

BLM Regs Vague on Fracking Secrecy

By Lisa Song, InsideClimate News

Why Secrecy on Fracking Chemicals?

By Elizabeth McGowan

Poll Shows 75% Support for Solar on Federal Lands, But Partisan Gap Persists

By Stacy Feldman

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