public lands

BLM Plan for Solar on Public Lands Sparks Enthusiasm and Misgivings in Different Corners of the West

By Wyatt Myskow, Jake Bolster

Western States and Industry Groups Unite to Block BLM’s Conservation Priority Land Rule

By Najifa Farhat

Judge Orders Oil and Gas Leases in Wyoming to Proceed After Updated BLM Environmental Analysis

By Jake Bolster

BLM Ends Future Coal Mining on Powder River Basin Federal Lands

By Jake Bolster

The Biden Administration Makes Two Big Moves To Conserve Public Lands, Sparking Backlash From Industry

By Kiley Price

A Guardian of Federal Lands, Lambasted by Left and Right

By Grant Schwab

Las Vegas Is Counting on Public Lands to Power its Growth. Is it a Good Idea?

By Wyatt Myskow

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

By Wyatt Myskow

As the US Rushes After the Minerals for the Energy Transition, a 150-Year-Old Law Allows Mining Companies Free Rein on Public Lands

By Jim Robbins

Biden Promised to Stop Oil Drilling on Public Lands. Is His Failure to Do So a Betrayal or a Smart Political Move?

By Marianne Lavelle

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 Signs Sweeping Orders to Tackle Climate Change and Rollback Trump’s Anti-Environment Legacy

By Sabrina Shankman, Dan Gearino, David Hasemyer, James Bruggers, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle, Phil McKenna

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

By Judy Fahys