Tag: Environmental conservation

US to tighten restrictions on energy development to protect struggling sage grouse

BILLINGS, Mont. -- President Joe Biden's administration on Friday proposed tighter restrictions on oil, solar and wind energy development across more than 6,500...

At U.N. summit, historic agreement to give Indigenous groups voice on nature conservation decisions

CALI, Colombia -- After two weeks of negotiations, delegates on Saturday agreed at the United Nations conference on biodiversity to establish a subsidiary...

Brazil to allow miles of selective logging in effort to preserve the Amazon

BRASILIA, Brazil -- To combat ongoing destruction in the Amazon rainforest, Brazil announced a plan Tuesday to dramatically expand selective logging to an...