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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

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the "President's Budget Request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2024," in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Police officers escort a protester out of the Department of Interior building after a sit-in held by climate activists on Oct. 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

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

U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

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

By Judy Fahys

U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

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

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

Presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during a Voter Mobilization event at Riverside High School in Durham, North Carolina on Oct. 18, 2020. Credit: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images

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

By Ilana Cohen

Mining coal in Wyoming. Credit: U.S. Bureau of Land Management

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

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Credit: Mark Wilson/Getty Images

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

By Neela Banerjee

Mountaintop mining in Appalachia. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

Trump Admin. Halts Mountaintop Mining Health Risks Study

By Phil McKenna

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, right, with Steve Bannon. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Drilling on Federal Land Headed for Faster Approvals, Zinke Says

By Georgina Gustin

The Department of Interior climate website

Could FOIA Force Trump Administration to Restore Missing Climate Data?

By Nicholas Kusnetz

The Blythe Solar Power Project under construction in Riverside County, Calif

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

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

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