The Interior secretary oversees many types of activities on and beneath lands that represent about 21% of the total surface area of the United States. [Image: U.S. Department of the Interior] ...

Only 13 comments were received via the QR codes at Independence National Historical Park between June 13 and July 21.

James Watt led a similar effort to privatize natural resources for mining, energy development, logging, and sprawl.

The United States Department of the Interior is the United States federal executive department of the U.S. government responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land and ...

April 24 (UPI) -- In another move to increase offshore U.S. oil production, the Interior Department Thursday said it will use a new commingling policy for the Gulf of Mexico.

Filling up the West When Congress created the Interior Department, the young United States was in the process of nearly doubling its size after the U.S.-Mexican War.

The Trump administration is proposing a drastic reimagining of how public lands across the United States are used and managed, according to an Interior Department document leaked to the public in ...

Industry groups said the directive could create new delays and bottlenecks for renewable energy projects across the country.

The Department of Interior is implementing enhanced oversight for wind and solar projects, aiming to end "favoritism" of ...

Filling up the West: When Congress created the Interior Department, the young United States was in the process of nearly doubling its size after the U.S.-Mexican War. Gold had just been discovered ...

The Salt Lake Tribune reports seven states must agree on sharing Colorado River water by 2026 due to dwindling supplies and ...

The United States has a Department of the Interior, but it is unlike most agencies with that name around the world. Here, it oversees units such as the National Park Service, the Bureau of Indian ...