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New Interior secretary waiting for study on wild horses

Last Update: May 9, 2013

New Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said Tuesday that she is still undecided about how to handle a...

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Tags: agriculture, environment, wildlife
Sequester seen as test for 'pretty lean' DOJ...

Last Update: May 9, 2013

At first glance, the Department of Justice's division for investigating and prosecuting...

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Tags: environment, resources
BLM Wyoming's oil, gas lease auction nets $8.7M

Last Update: May 8, 2013

The Bureau of Land Management's latest auction of federal oil and gas leases in Wyoming has...

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Tags: blm, energy
Coal mine smoldering poses fire risk in SW Colo.

Last Update: May 8, 2013

At least seven coal fires are smoldering near the site of a wildfire that burned 10,000 acres in...

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Tags: air, energy, environment, resources
EPA criminal enforcement suffers from sequestration

Last Update: May 8, 2013

When a jury last week found a former suburban Chicago water department chief guilty of 11 charges...

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Tags: air, environment, water
USFS add bigger, faster planes to wildfire fleet

Last Update: May 8, 2013

The U.S. Forest Service announced that heading into wildfire season it has selected contractors to...

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Tags: forests, resources
Protections for wolverines draw Western states’ opposition

Last Update: May 8, 2013

State officials in the Northern Rockies on Monday lined up against a federal proposal to give new...

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Tags: recreation, resources, wildlife
Interior proposes rule allowing limited take of lesser...

Last Update: May 8, 2013

The Interior Department today proposed a limited exemption to Endangered Species Act protections...

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Tags: environment, wildlife
Drought, development drying up Ariz. river, says USGS

Last Update: May 8, 2013

One of Arizona's longest free-flowing rivers could dry up within a few decades if development...

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Tags: environment, resources, water
Spread of hydrofracking could strain water resources in...

Last Update: May 8, 2013

The rapid expansion of hydraulic fracturing to retrieve once-inaccessible reservoirs of oil and gas...

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Tags: energy, resources, water