A company with rights to a mine within Mojave National Preserve in California has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to resume operations, although it's been accused of illegally mining there for some time.
President Donald Trump is moving to wipe more than 150 years of environmental regulations off the books, including provisions tied to the Endangered Species Act, the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and even the Atomic Energy Act, in a bid to reduce regulations tied to energy production.
Environmental reviews designed to protect landscapes and communities from oil and gas development in the West will be done away with, the Interior Department announced Thursday.
Park rangers at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington are urging visitors to remember that wintry conditions can still be found on the iconic mountain and that they should come prepared for them.
A massive overhaul of the Interior Department and all its bureaus, which include the National Park Service and Bureau of Land Management, apparently is in the works, while at the same time Interior Secretary says unleashing the nation's energy resources is the answer to its long-term prosperity.
A coalition of more than five dozen businesses and organizations from Arkansas to Washington state has formed to defend public lands against mining, energy development, and other "types of exploration and development."