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Green energy, like wind or solar power, is one solution to fighting climate change. But sometimes it's environmental laws that get in the way of building the infrastructure to produce it.

Elizabeth Wynne Johnson examines the environmental record of Dirk Kempthorne. The governor of Idaho is President Bush's nominee to be secretary of the Interior.

A federal appeals court rules that Vice President Cheney does not have to disclose who advised him as he created the Bush administration's energy policy. Journalists and interest groups had sued to find out which energy industry executives had been involved. Lawyer Shannen Coffin, who argued Cheney's case in district court, discusses the decision.

Tribes in the Pacific Northwest say a law that protects seals and sea lions undermines their fishing rights. They want a new strategy that would better manage the marine mammals eating their salmon.

At least 16 states have banned TikTok on some or all government computers and phones. All are led by GOP governors.

A recent stranding on remote New Zealand islands left nearly 500 pilot whales dead. Scientists still don't know for sure why the events, also known as beachings, occur, but they have some ideas.

The U.S. got two new national monuments this week in Nevada and Texas. One is a sacred place to several tribes. The other also includes ancient tribal lands and was once a military training ground.

There's a growing movement that calls for granting legal rights to natural entities like forests and rivers. Indigenous groups say it should definitely hold true for the Mississippi river and others.

As cleanup continues on the giant sludge spill from a Tennessee coal plant, government officials are trying to figure out how much of a disaster it is. It could pose a hazard to people and the environment.

Officials are trying to contain an outbreak of avian botulism at Tulare Lake, which refilled this year due to California's extreme precipitation.