Department of Interior

A Guardian of Federal Lands, Lambasted by Left and Right

From oil and gas leases to missed climate targets, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has become a lightning rod for the Biden administration’s compromises on energy policy. A recent Senate hearing underlined the steady criticism she faces from conservatives.

By Grant Schwab

Indigenous Climate Activists Arrested After ‘Occupying’ US Department of Interior

By Phil McKenna, Video by Aman Azhar

When an Oil Company Profits From a Pipeline Running Beneath Tribal Land Without Consent, What’s Fair Compensation?

By Judy Fahys

What’s On Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues—and Trump Rollbacks—for Deb Haaland

By Judy Fahys

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees

By James Bruggers, David Hasemyer, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle

Could Biden Name an Indigenous Secretary of the Interior? Environmental Groups are Hoping He Will.

By Ilana Cohen

Court: Coal Mined From Public Lands Doesn't Need New Climate Impact Review

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Investigators: We Can’t Tell if Interior Dept. Reassignments Were Legal Due to Lack of Records

By Neela Banerjee

Trump Admin. Halts Mountaintop Mining Health Risks Study

By Phil McKenna

Drilling on Federal Land Headed for Faster Approvals, Zinke Says

By Georgina Gustin

Could FOIA Force Trump Administration to Restore Missing Climate Data?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Clean Economy Week: Pressure Is on Obama to Finalize Solar Plan

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News