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Energy and Environment

Obama offshore drilling plan coming Tuesday, says Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Zack Colman · January 26, 2015 11:55 pm

"What it says is their sole priority when it comes to the Arctic is climate ... I think that what we're seeing coming out now is they're saying that this is all that matters when it comes to the Arctic," Murkowski said. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

Alaska delegation declares war on Obama over ANWR

Zack Colman · January 26, 2015 9:14 pm

The Development Driller III, which is drilling the relief well, is seen at the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill May 11, 2010 off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico. (Photo by Gerald Herbert-pool/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Obama expected to allow drilling in Atlantic

Zack Colman · January 23, 2015 10:00 am

The Obama administration is planning to roll out regulations governing oil and gas sector emissions of methane, a potent heat-trapping gas, as early as this week in an effort to curb climate change, according to a report. (AP File)

Energy and Environment

White House to propose methane rules

Zack Colman · January 13, 2015 11:41 pm

Republican Congressman Rob Bishop wants to "uncover the origins of Puerto Rico's fiscal failures and identify solutions to solve them," in which "energy will be central." (Deseret News via AP)

Energy and Environment

Shakeup on House Natural Resources panel signals tougher oversight

Zack Colman · December 30, 2014 1:29 am

Coal firms that operate at federal mines won't be able to sell coal overseas at discounted rates any longer under a proposed Interior Department rule. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Interior Department floats rule to close coal fee loophole

Zack Colman · December 22, 2014 3:20 pm

Toba-Maskoy tribal council members stand in their resettlement camp in April 1981. (Photo by O. Louis Mazzatenta/National Geographic/Getty images)

Feds haven’t compensated Native Americans 28 years after ordering them to move

Sarah Bedford · December 20, 2014 10:00 am

These amazing clouds that filled the Grand Canyon will make your day

Justin Green · December 13, 2014 4:35 pm

Years after a child was killed by a poorly-maintained wall in Lassen Volcanic National Park, the Department of the Interior Inspector General is investigating allegations of a cover-up by government officials. (iStock)

Interior IG launches probe of alleged cover-up in child death case

Sarah Bedford · December 8, 2014 10:00 am

The Bingham Canyon copper mine wall slide is seen in this aerial photograph taken in Bingham, Utah, U.S., on Friday, April 12, 2013. The wall slide at Rio Tinto Group's Bingham Canyon copper mine in Utah, a site that produces about 200,000 metric tons annually, could wipe out a forecast surplus for the metal for this year, UBS AG said. (George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Public lands, energy permitting measures added to Defense bill

Zack Colman · December 4, 2014 12:26 am

Workers with Raven Drilling line up pipe while drilling for oil in the Bakken shale formation on July 23, 2013 outside Watford City, North Dakota. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty images)

Energy and Environment

Energy brings in $13.4 billion in federal revenue

Zack Colman · December 2, 2014 9:08 pm

Mary Kendall does not hide her desire to be the Department of Interior's permanent inspector general.Â She has held the job on an interim basis since 2009.Â (Getty images)

Temporary IGs subject to agency manipulators covering up waste

Mark Flatten · December 2, 2014 10:00 am