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Machinery sits idle in May at the Van 4 mine, the subject of a July court decision ruling that it must be shut down and cleaned up. (Photo by Mark Olalde/Center for Public Integrity)
Environment/Energy

While ‘zombie’ mines idle, cleanup and workers suffer in limbo Instead...

Mark Olalde and Joe Yerardi -
This investigation was produced in collaboration with High Country News, The Center for Public Integrity and the Ohio Valley ReSource. The sound of metal banging against metal broke the...
Among the millions of acres in the Bureau of Land Management's portfolio is the 41,170-acre Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico. (Photo by Bob Wick, BLM California via Flickr:Creative Commons)
Environment/Energy

U.S. senators attempt to thwart planned BLM move A Senate subcommittee...

Allison Winter, States Newsroom -
WASHINGTON — Congress and the Trump administration butted heads Tuesday over the plan to move the Bureau of Land Management headquarters to Colorado. The U.S....
High Country News

How Bureau of Land Management employees really feel about moving West...

Nick Bowlin, High Country News -
When it comes to the relocation of the Bureau of Land Management’s headquarters, acting Director William Perry Pendley, a self-proclaimed “sagebrush rebel,” is just...
nterior Secretary David Bernhardt testifies during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing on March 28, 2019 in Washington, DC. The BLM is housed within the department and is moving its headquarters to Grand Junction, Colorado. (Photo by Zach Gibson/Getty Images)
Environment/Energy

Coloradan David Bernhardt confirmed as Trump’s Interior secretary As expected, Sens....

Robin Bravender -
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm David Bernhardt, a former lobbyist and George W. Bush administration official, to become the next...
Environment/Energy

Recording reveals oil industry execs laughing at Trump access In a...

Lance Williams, Reveal -
Editor's note: This story was originally published by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization based in the San Francisco Bay...
Environment/Energy

Inside Colorado’s ‘hotbed’ of wildlife conflict Documents show flawed management leads...

Paige Blankenbuehler, High Country News -
ANALYSIS A frozen, severed head arrived at the lab. The bighorn sheep’s horns, splattered with bright red blood, curled tightly around its face. Its open eyes...
Environment/Energy

National parks endure rising visitation and less staff

Carl Segerstrom, High Country News -
National parks have been a centerpiece of America’s tourism culture since the late 19th century, after the colonialization and displacement of many of the...
Environment/Energy

Feds announce moratorium on new coal leases

Elizabeth Shogren, High Country News -
The Interior Department has put an end to new federal coal leases as it begins a review of a program that provides 40 percent...
Center Well

Obama-backed restoration projects putting more than 20,000 low-income youth to work

Troy Hooper -
Four new conservation projects in Colorado will add to the more than 20,000 work opportunities for low-income youth on public lands this summer.
Center Well

Conservation groups, tribe defend feds in Grand Canyon uranium mining lawsuit

Troy Hooper -
A coalition of conservation groups and a Native American tribe are backing the U.S. government in its battle to block new uranium mining in...
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