Native Americans

In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, a train hauls oil into Glacier National Park near the Badger-Two Medicine National Forest in northwest Montana. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Energy and Environment

Obama shuts down drilling at national forest

John Siciliano · November 16, 2016 9:25 pm

Organizers are expecting thousands to participate in more than 100 events around the country. (Al Hartmann/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Energy and Environment

Pipeline protesters plan day of action at Army Corps of Engineers offices

Kyle Feldscher · November 7, 2016 5:15 pm

In this Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2016, photo, volunteers toss logs at an oil pipeline protest encampment near the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in southern North Dakota. The logs will be used to cook meals for the thousands of people who have come to the area to fight the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. (AP Photo/James MacPherson).

Washington Secrets

Cops under attack in N.D., hit Obama’s lack of support

Paul Bedard · November 2, 2016 7:39 pm

The EPA has "made tremendous progress over the past eight years" by integrating "environmental justice into every EPA program. And we strengthened our partnerships across the federal family," EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy said in a blog post. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Energy and Environment

EPA looks to crack down on polluters in minority communities

John Siciliano · October 27, 2016 6:40 pm

Raising concerns about threats to Indian historic sites is simply a tactic the Left is using to achieve its larger goal: ending the use of fossil fuels. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Native Americans condemn the Dakota Pipeline, the law doesn’t

Merrill Matthews · October 25, 2016 4:03 am

The Obama administration may be unraveling the very fabric of U.S. democracy by holding up the approval of the Dakota Access oil pipeline after a federal court said it could move ahead, a coalition of diverse industry groups said in a letter sent Thursday night to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and other federal agency officials. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

Industry: Obama unraveling rule of law with Dakota Access stoppage

John Siciliano · October 21, 2016 10:30 am

The court rejected a motion to block the Dakota Access pipeline from being constructed in North Dakota. The pipeline has been controversial in recent months due to the objections of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

Appeals court denies tribe’s request to stop Dakota Access pipeline

Kyle Feldscher · October 10, 2016 12:57 am

In the case of construction on the Dakota Access Pipeline, the opposition believes they are indeed entitled to their own facts despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. (Erin Lefevre/The Hawk Eye via AP)

Energy and Environment

Politics trumping law and facts on Dakota Access Pipeline

Craig Stevens · October 7, 2016 4:01 am

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals halted the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline last month until it has time to make a decision on a case brought by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota appealing a lower court's ruling allowing the project to move forward. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Energy and Environment

Appeals court challenges developer of disputed pipeline

John Siciliano · October 5, 2016 10:34 pm

American Petroleum Institute says the Dakota Access permitting system was "open and transparent." (Tom Stromme/The Bismarck Tribune via AP)

Energy and Environment

Oil group says disputed pipeline went through proper process

Kyle Feldscher · October 5, 2016 4:54 pm

The Supreme Court turned down a request from the Washington Redskins to hear its case against the federal government's decision to cancel the NFL team's trademark because it was offensive. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Supreme Court turns down Redskins request to review trademark case

Ryan Lovelace · October 3, 2016 3:46 pm

The hearing will mostly focus on legislation that has passed the House, the Native American Energy Act, and is a part of committee Chairman Rob Bishop's plans to update Native American laws for the 21st century. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House panel heads to New Mexico to hear from tribes on fossil fuels

Kyle Feldscher · October 3, 2016 4:01 am