The president is seeking to open up national monuments for drilling. But more land isn’t what oil companies need right now.

This is the latest effort by a group of Western legislators and lobbyists to sell off public lands to states and business interests, and increase the leasing of them for mining, drilling and logging.

Oil production growth is slowing due to natural depletion and rising costs, especially in the Permian Basin, but new federal ...

For over 50 years, the group has represented independent oil and gas producers, advocating increased access to public lands for drilling as well as mining operations. The group also has a history ...

Environmentalists worry the report will be used to justify an increase in drilling without justifiable demand.

Opponents say that the plan to sell public lands isn't about fixing the affordable housing crisis. It's about reshaping land ...

For over 50 years, the group has represented independent oil and gas producers, advocating increased access to public lands for drilling as well as mining operations. The group also has a history ...

The state won't be spared in the political fight over the future of federal lands as the Trump administration looks to offset ...

The habitat of the federally endangered peninsula pronghorn antelope is one under threat by leases for drilling on sensitive public lands in New Mexico. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National ...

The Bureau of Land Management has affirmed previous decisions approving two North Fork Valley drilling projects that combined ...

The habitat of the federally endangered peninsula pronghorn antelope is one under threat by leases for drilling on sensitive public lands in New Mexico. Photograph by Joel Sartore, National ...