Center for Biological Diversity

“Utah remains able and willing to challenge any BLM land management decisions that harm Utah,” state leadership said in a statement.

The case is about more than Utah’s long-fought oil train project. It’s become a test case, with many interested parties, over the future of environmental review.

The Interior Department rule finalized Friday raises royalty rates for oil drilling by more than one-third, to 16.67%, in accordance with the sweeping 2022 climate law approved by Congress.

The Bureau of Reclamation released a draft plan for releases from Glen Canyon Dam, which holds back Lake Powell. It's an effort to protect the Colorado River's native humpback chub from smallmouth bass.

The decision follows an August U.S. appeals court ruling that struck down a critical approval involving the Uinta Basin Railway. The proposed 88-mile railroad line would connect oil and gas producers in rural Utah to the broader rail network and larger markets.

A recent report from activists says nearly 53,000 acres of wetlands in the Great Salt Lake Basin could be at risk if the Inland Port and its satellites are developed as planned.

Grey wolves are one of the most controversial animals in the West, and how you can manage the species depends on what state you're in. Along the Colorado-Wyoming border, that friction is part of daily life.

Organizations including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity allege that the streams and creeks that should be filling the lake are being diverted for new development and industry.

The ruling is the latest development in the fight over the proposed Uinta Basin Railway, an 88-mile railroad line that would connect oil and gas producers in rural Utah to the broader rail network.

State and local officials argue it's a good idea for domestic energy production. Critics question investing billions in oil and gas infrastructure as the country seeks to use less of the fossil fuels that worsen climate change.

Conservationists say groundwater pumping in the drought-stricken West is a threat to the Fish Lake Valley tui chub near the California-Nevada line and the least chub in southwest Utah.

The Mill Canyon Dinosaur Tracksite is one of the most significant Early Cretaceous tracksites in the world. Comments on the project are open until July 26, 2022.