Not so fast: Trump’s Alaska drilling study slammed by U.S. wildlife regulator
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U.S. presidential candidate Warren wants drilling, mining banned on federal lands
U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said on Monday she would ban all fossil fuel extraction on federal land and in coastal waters, setting herself apart from a crowded field of Democratic hopefuls who have made climate change a central campa...
U.S. lawmakers introduce bill to protect Native American site from drilling
New Mexico lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill to protect federal lands around the Chaco Canyon from drilling and mining, attempting to permanently shield the Native American cultural site from recurring attempts at oil and gas leasing.
Offshore drilling center stage as lawmakers grill Trump Interior pick
U.S. lawmakers will quiz President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Interior Department on Thursday, focusing on the former energy and mining lobbyist’s plans to expand fossil fuels production from the United States' public lands and waters.
U.S. House passes bill funding conservation via drilling royalties
The House of Representatives on Tuesday easily passed a public lands bill on Tuesday, as the Senate did earlier this month, that permanently reauthorizes a fund that has funneled billions of dollars into land conservation, paid for by revenues from o...
U.S. states opposed to offshore drilling find hope in Zinke's words
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has hinted to at least six coastal states that he will keep their waters out of a looming plan to expand U.S. offshore drilling, telling some they lack enough oil to be included anyway, according to state officials and t...
Oil up as U.S. drilling stalls, Iranian sanctions bite
Oil prices rose on Monday as U.S. drilling stalled and as investors anticipated lower supply once new U.S. sanctions against Iran's crude exports kick in from November.
Oil rises as Saudi output dips, U.S. drilling stalls
Oil prices rose on Monday after Saudi crude production registered a surprising dip in July and as American shale drilling appeared to plateau.