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“What this process has done over the years is allow oil and gas interests to hoard land on the tiny chance they might develop it. During the Trump administration, land virtually given away in noncompetitive leases has more than doubled from 141,000 acres in 2017 to nearly 379,000 in ...

“William Perry Pendley’s nomination to lead the Bureau of Land Management may be pulled, but he’s still effectively leading the organization. And two lawsuits are still trying to put that to an end. Montana’s Democratic governor, and senate hopeful, Steve Bullock filed one. And ...

“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of keeping the controversial acting head of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in power even after his nomination is withdrawn is likely not legal, according to experts who have reviewed the orders.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 ...