oil and gas

The Biden administration's approval of oil leases in a corner of New Mexico that has become a battleground over increased development and the preservation of Native American sites has prompted another legal challenge.

The Interior Department is giving 24 states, including Arizona, millions of dollars in funding to start cleaning high-priority oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land.

Land managers have scheduled two more public meetings and extended the comment period on a proposal that would prohibit oil and gas development on federal land surrounding a Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico that Indigenous communities consider culturally significant.

Arizona gas prices have hit a new state record. According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Arizona is $4.63.

The Biden administration has announced more than 26 million dollars for environmental cleanup projects in Arizona.

The Navajo Nation Council is considering a bill to expand helium extraction on the reservation. Tribal leaders are eager to create revenue and jobs after recent coal mining losses.

The Biden administration has proposed banning new oil and gas leases surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico. It follows years of efforts by Southwestern tribes to protect the culturally sensitive area.

Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before…

An Indigenous leader from New Mexico and former U.S. Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt are calling on the federal government to overhaul its oil and gas…

Navajo Nation leaders are calling for the full restoration of Bears Ears National Monument in southern Utah. The Trump administration drastically cut its…