Environment

Amid the tussle of oil and gas lease lawsuits, Sage Grouse Initiative partners continue to protect the species and economic development.

When it comes to environmental policy, rural residents are more likely to trust state and local governments than the federal government.

With coal gradually being phased out as the source of energy in the West, the new high-value commodity becomes the center of attention. The future of water rights owned by the energy companies is being debated as it may decide the economic…

The bill, introduced by member of Congress serving a rural Maine district, supports existing USDA programs to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

A public employees group says that political appointees in Washington, D.C., are interfering with a Bureau of Land Management process that considers public comments and local-government input on whether to lease public lands to oil and gas…

Schools, local governments, industry, and environmentalists all have their eyes on state trust lands in the Pacific Northwest. Each has a different set of interests to protect.

Farm pollutants from multiple states feed a massive dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. Shrimpers pay the price.

Advocates of unconventional natural gas drilling cite the potential for benefits for surrounding communities. In Pennsylvania, researchers found that the financial impact on the mostly rural school systems where fracking occurred was…

German agribusinesses Bayer and BASF have blamed weather and human mistakes for the damage the weed killer has caused to nearby crops.