Conservation

The first snow of the season is seen near Tioga Pass Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017 in Yosemite National Park, Calif. Snow fell in the Sierra Nevada on the last day of summer, giving the towering mountain range shared by California and Nevada a wintry look in September and making travel hazardous. Snow dusted peaks in Yosemite National Park and temporarily closed Tioga Pass road, the soaring eastern entry to the park that typically doesn't become impassable until mid-November.

Energy and Environment

Republicans must return to their conservation roots

Andy Sabin · July 1, 2018 12:20 pm

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a community event on the Presidential Center at the South Shore Cultural Center in Chicago.

Obama Presidential Center about to hit its first hurdle

Anna Giaritelli · May 7, 2018 1:30 pm

Energy and Environment

Interior moves forward with plan to scrap Obama-era sage-grouse plan

John Siciliano · May 3, 2018 1:56 am

A 2017 study on river plastic emissions into the worldâs oceans cited the Pasig River in the Philippines as the worldâs eighth most polluting river. Much of the pollution that enters U.S. waterways comes from Asian countries. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives should support action to reduce plastic pollution

Tom Rogan · April 9, 2018 1:10 pm

A solitary rower skims across the Potomac River past the Lincoln Memorial and under the Memorial Bridge at sunrise in Washington, Friday, March 21, 2014.

Energy and Environment

The health of the Potomac River has jumped from a ‘D’ to ‘B’ since 2011, but don’t go swimming just yet

Anna Giaritelli · March 27, 2018 2:39 pm

On Friday, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced an executive order that would allow more big-game hunting in western states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

Energy and Environment

Ryan Zinke moves to expand big-game hunting on federal land

Josh Siegel · February 9, 2018 11:14 pm

King Cove, Alaska, residents with medical emergencies must fly to Cold Bay and then to Anchorage for treatment. Flights can be delayed hours or even days by bad weather. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo)

Energy and Environment

Environmentalists sue Trump administration over deal allowing road through Alaska refuge

Josh Siegel · January 31, 2018 9:22 pm

Horse populations have soared, partially because wild horses have no natural predators, say officials from the Bureau of Land Management. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Energy and Environment

Congress fights over whether to allow Interior to kill wild horses

Josh Siegel · December 5, 2017 5:01 am

Trump Reduces the Size of Two Utah National Monuments

Andrew Egger · December 4, 2017 10:10 pm

Massachusetts wants to permanently switch to Atlantic Time, which is one hour ahead of Eastern Time. It would not roll back one hour on the first Sunday of November, when daylight saving time ends, nor move the clock ahead one hour in March when it begins.

Energy and Environment

New England looks to end daylight saving time

John Siciliano · November 5, 2017 4:01 am

At a recent public meeting, a number of birders pressed their concerns that the $30 million Tiger Woods golf center tied to the development of the Obama Center would ward off millions of migratory birds that stop in the borough of Jackson Park, the Chicago Tribune reported. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty)

Energy and Environment

Obama Center stokes the ire of bird enthusiasts: Report

John Siciliano · August 5, 2017 5:55 pm

The Oregon Building Codes Division and Portland Design Commission both approved the building's timber assembly and structural integrity last fall and construction is scheduled to begin this coming autumn.

Oregon looks to help logging industry with country’s tallest wooden high-rise

Anna Giaritelli · June 19, 2017 4:01 am