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

The Department of the Interior was created in 1849 as the United States was rapidly expanding and acquiring territory. It became known as “the department of everything else” for its enormous ...

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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. Interior Department ...

United States Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt speaking about "America's Environmental Leadership" in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC.

As part of the Department of the Interior, the Bureau of Indian Affairs manages and administers 55 million acres of estates held in trust by the United States for Native American tribes.