Citing a high level of public interest, the U.S. Forest Service has reopened the comment period on plans to offer oil and gas leases in parts of the Ruby Mountains, about 370 miles north of Las Vegas.

The Department of the Interior is considering a 20-year withdrawal of the Ruby Mountains from future geothermal and oil and gas development, according to a news release. The area in Elko County, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. President Joe Biden has announced plans to protect Nevada's Ruby ...

Though little evidence exists suggesting northeast Nevada’s Ruby Mountains hold potential for oil production, the Trump administration canceled a Biden-era effort to rule out new leases there for 20 ...

Federal land managers have canceled their proposal to withdraw about 264,000 acres of public land in Nevada’s Ruby Mountain from oil, gas and geothermal development. The U.S. Forest Service said the ...

President Joe Biden’s administration said Monday it is taking steps to bar oil, gas and geothermal development for 20 years in northeastern Nevada’s Ruby Mountains. The administration said it has ...

SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — The Forest Service's rejection of a proposal to drill for oil or gas in northeast Nevada's Ruby Mountains has become official after no one complained during the 45-day objection ...

Looking up at elevated points in Nevada's Ruby Mountains - Miss Annabelle/Shutterstock To the uninitiated, it might seem like Nevada and Switzerland have very little in common. After all, one of them ...