Interior

All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. That's according to a new order that authorizes Burgum to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to rights-of-way, construction and operational plans, grants and biological opinions.

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced the launch of an oral history project that will document stories of generations of Indigenous children who were taken from their homes and families and forced to attend federal boarding schools.

Oregon will receive a whopping $688 million to help expand broadband access. Oregon's Broadband Office director shares what the timeline could be for bringing more high-speed internet to the state.

It's the most thorough, and most honest, recounting of the use of Indian boarding schools by the federal agency that ran the program.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's remarks in support of grizzly bear recovery in Washington's North Cascades come three months after his agency had halted just such an effort.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is heading to the North Cascades Friday to speak on reintroducing grizzly bears in that part of Washington.