News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON, Mass – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved the Cape Wind renewable energy project on federal submerged lands in Nantucket Sound, but will require the developer of the $1 billion wind farm to agree to additional binding measures to minimize the potential adverse impacts of construction and operation of the facility.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DOHA, Qatar -- Assistant Secretary Tom Strickland, head of the U.S. Delegation to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), expressed disappointment that the parties did not grant protection to four species of sharks considered today at the meeting of the Conference of the Parties.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DOHA, Qatar – Assistant Secretary of the Interior Tom Strickland today said he was disappointed that the parties to the Convention on Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) did not vote to protect shark species that have been depleted by overharvest but expressed hope that a foundation has been laid to protect the species in the future.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OKEECHOBEE, FL – As part of the Obama Administration's sustained commitment to restoring and protecting the Everglades, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today met with ranchers and private landowners in the Kissimmee River Valley to discuss next steps for the Everglades Headwaters National Wildlife ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named investment expert and government management specialist Chris Henderson to serve as Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Economic Recovery. As the "Recovery Czar" for the Department of the Interior, Henderson will oversee the more than $3 billion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that Interior will be investing in projects in communities, parks, and public lands across the country.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Wednesday, May 5, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will tour Delta National Wildlife Refuge in Louisiana, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge in Alabama, and the areas affected by the BP oil spill to assess the ongoing Federal response efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SEATTLE – On Saturday, June 11, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver the commencement address at the University of Washington’s 2016 Commencement ceremony. Secretary Jewell graduated from the University of Washington (UW) and previously served on the UW Board of Regents.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: TODAY, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will make a major announcement concerning the Cape Wind project. Credentialed media are invited to attend.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of the ivory crush in New York City’s Times Square of more than one ton of confiscated elephant ivory and the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington, D.C., U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell next week will travel to Vietnam and China to continue efforts by the United States to crack down on illegal wildlife trade.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSMRE) Joseph Pizarchik will take part in the grand opening ceremony of the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, a preservation and public education and recreation project, as part of Interior's commitment to water restoration and connecting youth to the great outdoors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar led today's 68th Department of the Interior Honor Awards Convocation at which 44 awards were presented to Department of the Interior employees and volunteers selected for their service to the department and to the nation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PHILADELPHIA -Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Will Shafroth today joined Deputy Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Jay Jensen to host a listening session under President Obama's America's Great Outdoors initiative to discuss conservation efforts by local communities in the Keystone State that can serve as a foundation for a national conservation agenda for the 21st century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OTTAWA, CANADA - In the lead-up to the North American Leaders Summit this summer, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today made her first official visit to Canada and met with the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna, to continue the momentum from Prime Minister Trudeau’s March 10 visit to Washington, D.C. on shared national priorities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today urged parents to take their children out to parks for exercise and outdoor recreation as part of a “Let's Move Outside” event with a group of fourth grade students at the Crissy Field Center in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MARINETTE, WI – Recent federal safety inspections of a northern Wisconsin foundry determined workplace safety failures caused two workers to suffer severe injuries. In May, a worker lost two fingers to amputation and in July, an overhead hot metal carrier struck and injured another worker. While the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO AND YUMA, AZ – Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle today joined other senior officials of the United States and Mexico to celebrate a historic first-time intentional release of water-called ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing goal to reduce the regulatory burden on the American people and foster economic growth and energy development by using innovation, best science, and best practices, the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – To honor America's service men and women, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that areas managed by the department will not charge entrance fees on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009.
