News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Suzette M. Kimball as Director of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Nation’s chief earth science agency. President Obama announced his intent to nominate Kimball as Director in January 2014, and she has been leading the agency in an acting capacity since February 2013.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SEDRO-WOOLLEY, Wash. – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke traveled to Sedro-Woolley, Washington, where he announced support of Grizzly Bear Restoration efforts in North Cascades National Park and the surrounding ecosystem. The Secretary emphasized the cultural and spiritual importance of ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced today that Interior’s Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) disbursements from energy and minerals production on Federal and American Indian lands and offshore areas totaled $7.11 billion in Fiscal Year 2017, an increase of nearly ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, Aug. 12, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will visit the Northern California Geographic Area Coordination Center (North Ops) in Redding and nearby areas. Secretary Jewell will be joined by senior Interior, U. S. Forest Service, and CAL FIRE officials. She will meet ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Interior Department’s reform agenda for a cleaner, more secure energy future, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today proposed to update 30 year-old regulations in order to reduce the wasteful release of natural gas into the atmosphere from oil and gas operations ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Edited March 28, 2011 to add the following clarification:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - During a visit to Gettysburg National Military Park today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt highlighted the Trump Administration’s support for protecting and enhancing our nation’s historic sites and announced $3 million in American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Hello everyone! Welcome to our first Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Las Vegas, Nevada. Thank you. . I want to recognize Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle. I have known Anne for years, and she is a terrific leader who brings thoughtful, pragmatic solutions to the table. Her years of experience on water issues in the West have made her a natural leader ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Just days before the release of a 50-state report outlining some of the country's most promising ways to reconnect Americans to the natural world, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today highlighted two projects in the state of Missouri that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Capping three years of efforts to develop renewable energy resources on public lands both onshore and offshore, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of two utility-scale renewable energy projects-one wind and one solar-that, when built, will generate nearly 500 ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. - During separate ceremonies today at the White House and on Capitol Hill, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined bipartisan members of the National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) Commission and activist/actress Eva Longoria and Emilio Estefan to celebrate the delivery of the NMAL Final Report to President Obama and Congressional leaders.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of the Interior announced decisions for the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas (Alaska LNG) Pipeline Project, approving the issuance of rights-of-way permits across federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). These decisions, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON― Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today concluded the historic preservation consultation process for the proposed Cape Wind energy project in Nantucket Sound, clearing the way for a final decision on the project.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to reduce carbon pollution, create jobs and move our economy toward clean energy sources, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has approved the Blythe Mesa Solar project in California. The 485-megawatt photovoltaic facility will be constructed in Riverside County and will produce enough renewable energy to power more than 145,000 homes in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: As part of President Obama's call for an innovative, balanced and cost-efficient federal regulatory culture in the 21st century, the Interior Department has launched several initiatives that can significantly reduce administrative expenses, protect the American people and promote economic growth and job creation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the creation of a specialized scientific group that will develop future scenarios and provide rapid, interdisciplinary scientific assessments during environmental crises or disasters affecting America's natural resources. The group will ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Obama Administration officials today released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by nine Federal Departments and Agencies to make it faster and simpler to build transmission lines on Federal lands. The goal of the agreement is to speed approval of new transmission lines, reduce expense and uncertainty in the process, generate cost savings, increase accessibility to renewable energy and jumpstart job creation.
