News on U.S. Department of the Interior

Anheuser-Busch spent $690K lobbying gov't in 4Q

2010-03-15T06:15:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Anheuser-Busch spent $690,000 in fourth quarter lobbying goverment on taxes, food safety</div><div><p>Anheuser-Busch, the U.S. unit of ABInbev, spent $690,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby the government on excise taxes, food safety and matters relating to the alcohol industry, according to a recent disclos...

Utah wary over national monument candidate list

2010-02-23T16:30:45Z

<div id="subtitle">Utah fears repeat of land grab by feds, wary of list of national monument candidates in West</div><div><p>The possibility that the federal government could designate millions of acres in the West as national monuments and off-limits to development is stoking fears and generating resentment in some energy-rich states.</p><p>An internal U.S. Department of...

US: $3B to end royalty dispute with Indian tribes

2010-02-23T19:06:56Z

<div id="subtitle">Interior Department to spend $3 billion to settle royalty dispute with American Indian tribes</div><div><p>The Obama administration on Tuesday proposed spending more than $3 billion to settle claims dating back more than a century that American Indian tribes were swindled out of royalties for oil, gas, grazing and other leases.</p><p>Under...

U.S. to pay $3.4 billion to settle Indian trust lawsuit

2010-02-23T19:06:43Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Tuesday it will pay $3.4 billion to settle a long-running lawsuit against the Interior Department for mismanaging the revenue in Native American trust funds.</p><p>As part of the settlement, the government will pay $1.4 billi...

Indian Money

2009-12-08T14:00:52Z

Attorney General Eric Holder, listens to a reporter's question during a new conference with Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announcing the settlement of Cobell lawsuit on Indian Trust Management at the Interior Department in Washin...

Indian tribe sues over Calif. ranch development

2010-02-24T02:50:19Z

<div id="subtitle">Indian tribe sues Interior Dept., county to stop resort project on California ranch</div><div><p>An Indian tribe has filed a lawsuit to stop the development of a 5,000-acre gated resort community on a sprawling ranch some 60 miles north of Los Angeles that it claims as tribal land.</p><p>Th...

US to stop coal 'overburden' dumping into waterways

2010-02-24T03:29:34Z

<div><p>The US government took the first steps Wednesday to reverse a last-minute rule passed by the Bush administration which allowed coal mine operators to dump excavated material into streams.</p><p>The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforce...

36 million acres to be offered at offshore sale

2010-02-24T05:46:13Z

<div id="subtitle">36 million acres to be offered at offshore lease sale for central Gulf</div><div><p>The federal Interior Department is putting up nearly 36 million offshore acres for the annual sale of petroleum leases in the Central Gulf of Mexico.</p><p>The...

Gov't says brown pelicans are endangered no longer

2010-02-24T06:51:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Government will take brown pelicans off endangered species list, citing full recovery</div><div><p>Much like its death-defying dives for fish, the brown pelican has resurfaced after plummeting to the brink of extinction.</p><p>Interior Department officials on Wednesday announced that they were taking the bird off the endangered species list, after a nearly four-decade struggle to keep the brown...

Obama American Indians

2009-11-05T12:48:00Z

President Barack Obama signs a memorandum for closer consultation between Native America tribes and federal government, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, during the White House Tribal Nations Conference at the Interior Department in

Mining stream buffer rule could be ready by 2011

2010-02-24T10:57:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Mining officials say new stream buffer rule for surface mine waste should be ready by 2011</div><div><p>The Obama administration says reversing a last-minute Bush-era surface mining regulation criticized as too friendly to coal companies is going to take at least another year.</p><p>The

Feds designate polar bear habitat in Alaska

2010-02-24T15:38:01Z

<div id="subtitle">Federal government designates 200,000 sq. miles for polar bear habitat in Alaska</div><div><p>The Obama administration said Thursday it is designating more than 200,000 square miles in Alaska and off its coast as "critical habitat" for polar bears, an action that could add restrictions to future offshore drilling for oil an...

Feds designate 'critical habitat' for polar bear

2010-02-24T15:33:31Z

US seeks tougher protections for polar bear

2010-02-24T18:03:01Z

<div id="subtitle">US proposes stricter limits on international trade for polar bears, marine species</div><div><p>With global warming shrinking Arctic sea ice that polar bears depend upon for survival, the United States is seeking to remove another major threat: international trade in the bears' fur and other parts.</p><p>In a proposal filed this week, th...

High court won't review oil royalties case

2010-02-24T22:43:16Z

<div id="subtitle">High court rejects case Obama administration says is worth billions in energy royalties</div><div><p>The Supreme Court has left in place a court ruling that the Obama administration says will cost taxpayers at least $19 billion in royalties on energy leases in the Interior Department Monday on a proposal to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atl...

Groups spar over U.S. offshore drilling plan

2010-02-25T04:32:00Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Environmental and pro-drilling advocates pitched dueling messages about expanded offshore oil and natural gas production to the U.S. Interior Department on Monday, as the comment period on a Bush-era energy plan came to a close.</p><p>The draft five-yea...

Off Shore Drilling

2009-09-21T15:16:52Z

Kim Elton, director of Alaska Affairs at the Interior Department, left, is presented with a giant postcard by members of the Alaska Wilderness League during their demonstration against offshore drilling, Monday, Sept. 21,2009, outside the Interior Department in Stuart Campbell, dressed as a giant fish, as members of the Alaska Wilderness League demonstrate against offshore drilling, Monday, Sept. 21, 2009, outside the Interior Department in