Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

The U.S. Interior Department’s energy leasing review is in full swing, following a call Thursday with a wide range of stakeholders. President Joe Biden requested the review back in January, when he indefinitely paused all leasing on federal public lands.

A study shows a bill to protect millions of acres of public land in Utah would help slow climate change. But it has to get through Congress first.

President Joe Biden’s administration is expected to announce an extended moratorium on oil and gas leasing Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. The ban would apply to all federal public lands and would follow a 60-day pause on new leasing announced last week.

President Donald Trump rolled back much of the National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA, Thursday, saying it will expedite job-creating projects. The…

Listen to this story in this KUER news brief.ST. GEORGE — Lawyers representing the state of Utah and Kane County made their closing arguments in the…

A federal lands agency wants to sell more than three dozen oil and gas leases, and environmental groups are protesting because some potential drilling…

Daggett County -- with the smallest population in the state – is the first to agree to Congressman Rob Bishop’s plan for protecting public lands in Utah.…

Five members of Utah’s Congressional delegation are hoping to persuade President Obama not to create a huge new national monument in southern Utah, while…