Advocates say there’s no national security justification for building a wall through a Rio Grande Valley wildlife refuge that provides habitat to ocelots and other endangered species. The federal ...

The move allows for wall segments across 13 tracts of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge, affecting wildlife corridors, endangered species habitat, and nearby communities. "There's a ...

Aug. 26 (UPI) --U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday approved the seventh waiver intended to hasten construction of the border wall in Texas by sidestepping ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — The Department of Homeland Security says it is waiving more environmental regulations and health rules in order to quickly build more border wall through wildlife ...

The Trump administration has given United States Customs and Border Protection the green light to move forward with border wall projects in South Texas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Tuesday that Secretary Kristi Noem has waived the protections of the Endangered Species Act and other federal statutes to “ensure the expeditious ...

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Department ...

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday announced she has waived regulations to build five miles of new border wall in Starr and Hidalgo counties. Environmentalists says this includes ...

STARR COUNTY, Texas— The Trump administration today waived 31 environmental and public health laws to speed border wall construction through the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The ...