Mining officials say new stream buffer rule for surface mine waste should be ready by 2011 The Obama administration says reversing a last-minute ...
Federal government designates 200,000 sq. miles for polar bear habitat in Alaska The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 ...
Senate blocks effort to allow oil and gas drilling along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts The Senate on Wednesday voted against an attempt by Republicans to keep in place a plan by the Bush administration to allow oil and gas drilling along ...
Kim Elton, director of Alaska Affairs at the Interior Department, left, is presented with a giant postcard by members of the Alaska Wilderness League during their demonstration against offshore drilling, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, outside the Interior Department in Washington. Monday marks a ...
Interior Department employees look out from their balcony at intern Stuart Campbell, dressed as a giant fish, as members of the Alaska Wilderness League demonstrate against offshore drilling, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, outside the Interior Department in Washington. Monday marks a deadline ...
Drilling opponents ask Interior secretary to halt plans for oil and gas drilling off Alaska Opponents of offshore drilling — including some dressed as salmon and a polar bear — delivered more than 250,000 postcards and letters to the Interior Department Monday ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental and pro-drilling advocates pitched dueling messages about expanded offshore oil and natural gas production to the U.S. Interior Department on Monday, as the comment period on a Bush-era energy plan came to a close. The draft five-year offshore ...
