“A former oil industry attorney will continue calling the shots for a government agency that oversees nearly a quarter-billion public acres in the U.S. West, despite the White House saying over the weekend that President Donald Trump would withdraw the nomination of William Perry ...

“The Trump administration’s method of keeping the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in power even after his nomination is withdrawn is likely not legal, according to experts who have reviewed the orders. Over the weekend, it was made public that ...

“As COVID-19 cases surge in some regions of the U.S., experts say the anticipated crush of medical waste has not occurred. These days, most medical waste is shipped from hospitals to autoclaves, where “hot steam kills all of the germs. It looks sort of like a soggy melty stuff ...

“The Kemp’s ridley sea turtles begin arriving at Padre Island National Seashore in April, waves breaking against their olive-colored shells, salt spraying from their nostrils as they haul themselves up the sandy beach to nest. Every year, volunteers and park staff led by Dr. Donna ...

“William Perry Pendley signed a succession order months ago that will keep him indefinitely at the helm of the Bureau of Land Management. Pendley’s order states that “in the absence” of a permanent BLM director, the deputy director of policy and programs — in this ...