Interior

"This administration only lasts another year-and-a-half anyway, so the momentum swings to us progressively in this situation," said Rep. John Fleming, R-La. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

GOP plays defense on offshore drilling, waits for change at White House

Zack Colman · April 16, 2015 9:00 am

The blowout preventer stack, right, and lower marine riser stack, left, from the Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, were examined in 2010. TheÂ investigation showed that most of the oil spilled would have been prevented if the devices had been properly maintained.Â (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Energy and Environment

Five years after Gulf spill, Interior Dept. targets offshore drilling safety

John Siciliano · April 13, 2015 7:35 pm

Crane lifting blowout preventer (BOP) from the ocean. (Photo by: Education Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Obama admin to announce new regulation on offshore drilling

Eddie Scarry · April 11, 2015 3:14 pm

The oil and gas industry came out in force Thursday with a message of "zero accidents and zero spills" ahead of the five-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in April 2010. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Oil industry plays up safety record in runup to Gulf spill anniversary

John Siciliano · April 9, 2015 5:50 pm

More than 90 percent of officials at the U.S. Geological Survey aren't required to file financial disclosure forms or undergo ethics training, the Department of Interior inspector general found. (iStock)

Most U.S. Geological Survey scientists don’t file financial ethics disclosures

Sarah Bedford · April 7, 2015 12:58 pm

"The absence of...inspectors general in these positions significantly diminishes the ability of OIGs to perform thorough and independent oversight," said committee chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis. (AP Photo)Â

Democrats, Republicans want Obama to nominate permanent inspectors general

Sarah Bedford · March 27, 2015 4:35 pm

It was found that agencies spent nearly $500 million in 2013 on contractors concerning geospatial data.

Feds waste billions creating duplicative geospatial databases and images

Ethan Barton · March 23, 2015 8:56 pm

$Poll: Americans split on fracking$ Energy and Environment

Poll: Americans split on fracking

Zack Colman · March 23, 2015 12:58 pm

Republican Congressman Rob Bishop speaks at the Utah Debate Commission's 1st Congressional District debate. (AP Photo/Deseret News, Tom Smart)

Energy and Environment

New Natural Resources chief looks to overhaul federal land policy

Zack Colman · March 23, 2015 9:00 am

Republican lawmakers are considering a fresh round of oversight through various committees and drafting legislation on the rules that they and their industry allies say are duplicative and could threaten U.S. oil and gas development.

Energy and Environment

GOP, industry plot to handcuff fracking rule

Zack Colman · March 21, 2015 9:00 am

$Men work on a natural gas valve at a hydraulic fracturing site in South Montrose, Pa. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)$ Energy and Environment

Feds crack down on fracking

Zack Colman · March 20, 2015 3:58 pm

"You can't talk about energy unless you talk about climate change," Jewell said. [AP Photo

Energy and Environment

Fracking rules coming ‘in days,’ says Secretary Jewell

Zack Colman · March 17, 2015 5:51 pm