U.S. Department of Interior
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Recent News About U.S. Department of Interior
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The Department of the Interior has announced a proposal to rescind the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Public Lands Rule.
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The Department of the Interior has approved a change to the mining plan for the Black Butte Mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs has introduced a revised policy aimed at accelerating the approval process for tribal broadband infrastructure projects.
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The Department of the Interior has announced plans to hold three competitive coal lease sales in Alabama, Utah, and Montana during the fall.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior, through the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), has released the draft 2025 List of Critical Minerals and a report detailing a new approach to evaluating how supply chain disruptions could impact the national economy.
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The Department of the Interior has announced an expansion of hunting and fishing opportunities on public lands, opening or expanding access at 16 units within the National Wildlife Refuge System and one unit in the National Fish Hatchery System.
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The Department of the Interior has announced a long-term schedule for offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of America and Alaska’s Cook Inlet, following the directives of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1).
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The Department of the Interior has announced updates to its oil and gas commingling policy, aiming to improve energy production safety and efficiency.
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The Department of the Interior has announced an increase in the annual revenue-sharing cap for Gulf of America Outer Continental Shelf energy revenues.
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The Department of the Interior has announced plans to prepare an environmental impact statement for a proposed modification to the mining plan at Black Butte Coal Company in Sweetwater County, Wyoming.
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The Department of the Interior has approved a mining plan modification that will allow access to 14.5 million tons of federally owned coal at the Antelope Mine in Converse County, Wyoming.
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The Department of the Interior has completed the environmental review for a significant coal project in Utah, marking the first expedited coal leasing action under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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The Department of the Interior has announced a comprehensive review of offshore wind energy regulations to ensure alignment with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act and current U.S. energy priorities under President Donald J. Trump.
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The Department of the Interior has approved a modification to the mining plan for the Rosebud Mine, located in Rosebud and Treasure counties, Montana.
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The Department of the Interior has announced it will reverse the approval of the Lava Ridge Wind Project in southern Idaho, a project initially approved during the last days of President Joe Biden’s administration.
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The Department of the Interior has announced that $102.9 million in funding under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA) has been approved by the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission.
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U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum has signed a new Secretary’s Order that aims to change how energy projects are permitted on federal lands.
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The Department of the Interior has announced that it is rescinding three policy documents related to special area management within Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve.
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The Department of the Interior will mark the fifth anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) by waiving entrance fees at all fee-collecting sites it manages, including national parks, on August 4.
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The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced a series of new policy measures aimed at changing how wind energy projects are treated on federal lands and waters.