Matthew Brown

U.S. proposes ending rule that weakened wild bird protections

May 6, 2021 at 10:20 a.m.

The Biden administration on Thursday proposed revoking a rule imposed under former President Donald Trump that weakened the government抖阴ap power to enforce a century-old law that protects most U.S. bird...

U.S. ends oil, gas lease sales from public land through June

April 21, 2021 at 8:00 p.m.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The U.S. Interior Department is cancelling oil and gas lease sales from public lands through June amid an ongoing review of how the program contributes to climate...

Study: Drought-breaking rains more erratic, rare in U.S. West

April 6, 2021 at 9:46 p.m.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- Rainstorms grew more erratic and droughts much longer across most of the U.S. West over the past half-century as climate change warmed the planet, according to a...

Report on oil and gas sale ban due by summer, Biden administration says

March 9, 2021 at 3:46 p.m.

The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will deliver an interim report on its suspension of oil and gas sales from federal lands and waters by summer, but officials declined...

Biden halts oil and gas leases on U.S. land, water for 60 days

January 21, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

The Biden administration announced Thursday the suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters for 60 days as part a broad review of...

Sage grouse review completed, leaving scant time for Trump’s changes

January 12, 2021 at 12:53 p.m.

BILLINGS, Mont. -- The Trump administration has completed a review of plans to ease protections for a struggling bird species in seven states in the U.S. West, including Colorado, but...

Oil companies stockpile drilling permits, challenging Biden on climate

January 10, 2021 at 9:46 a.m.

In the closing months of the Trump administration, energy companies stockpiled enough drilling permits for western public lands to keep pumping oil for years and undercut President-elect Joe Biden's plans...

Mountain pine tree that feeds grizzlies is threatened by climate change, beetles

December 2, 2020 at 9:52 a.m.

Climate change, voracious beetles and disease are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that’s a key source of food for some grizzly bears and found across the...

Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections

November 27, 2020 at 10:32 a.m.

The Trump administration moved forward Friday on gutting a longstanding federal protection for the nation's birds, over objections from former federal officials and many scientists that billions more birds will...

Judge blasts Trump administration鈥檚 “sloppy” climate analysis in oil case

November 13, 2020 at 9:38 p.m.

A U.S. federal court once again blocked new oil and gas drilling permits on Wyoming public lands in a ruling Friday that rebuked the Trump administration for its “sloppy and...

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