Tagged: U.S. Department of Interior

The Obama administration has announced the approval of 17 large solar energy projects on public land in 6 western states, including 4 sites in Colorado. 

A new report from the U.S. Department of the Interior says the agency’s work contributed more than $14 billion to Colorado’s economy last year.

Federal agents interviewed new witnesses this week in an ongoing investigation of government scientists that's been called "polar bear-gate," according to the scientists' lawyer.

The controversial probe, now entering its third year, is looking into allegations of scientific misconduct related to a 2006 report by wildlife researchers Charles Monnett and Jeffrey Gleason, who described seeing dead polar bears floating in Arctic waters.

President Obama’s proposed budget for the Department of Interior would include a new fee levied on idle oil and gas leases on federal lands.