Oil leasing

US Bureau of Land Management photo shows a pair of sage grouse in this undated photo. REUTERS/Bob Wick/BLM/Handout
USA

US to pause oil, gas leasing on 2.2 million acres in Colorado over climate impact

Pacific black brant fly past Mount Dutton over the Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) picture taken November 7, 2008. REUTERS
Global Economy

Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing