Public Lands
The Biden Administration Makes Two Big Moves To Conserve Public Lands, Sparking Backlash From Industry
By Kiley Price
Residents of One of Arizona’s Last Ecologically Intact Valleys Try to Detour the Largest Renewable Energy Project in the US
By Wyatt Myskow
It Could Soon Get a Whole Lot Easier to Build Solar in the Western US
By Wyatt Myskow
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
Judge’s Order Forces Interior Department to Revive Drilling Lease Sales on Federal Lands and Waters
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’s Pause of New Federal Oil and Gas Leases May Not Reduce Production, but It Signals a Reckoning With Fossil Fuels
By Nicholas Kusnetz, 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
