US officials Friday stopped short of giving endangered species status to the sage grouse, an iconic bird that is at the center of a dispute over oil drilling in the western United States. The Interior Department said the bird merits protection but will not receive it for now because of ...

Interior secretary sends Mass. wind farm project to historical preservation panel for reviewThe secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior on Monday asked a key historical preservation panel to weigh in on a proposed Cape Cod project that would be the nation's first offshore wind farm. In ...

Utah fears repeat of land grab by feds, wary of list of national monument candidates in WestThe possibility that the federal government could designate millions of acres in the West as national monuments and off-limits to development is stoking fears and generating resentment in some energy-rich states. An internal U ...

Western Wyoming's once-booming gas industry approaches economic and regulatory crossroadsDrilling rigs on the horizon underscore that cattle ranching and tourism no longer drive the economy in this picturesque town at the foot of the Wind River Range. But the future of the natural gas industry in the Pinedale, Wyo ...