News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY – In support of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy, and the Obama administration's goal of continuing to expand responsible oil and gas production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today approved a major natural gas project in Utah's Uinta Basin that could develop ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KOTZEBUE, Alaska – At the invitation of the Alaska Federation of Natives and as part of President Obama's commitment to help Alaska Native leaders build strong, prosperous and resilient communities, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell this week met with local leaders in Alaska. A major focus of the Secretary's visit involved site visits and discussions around ways to make coastal communities better prepared to face the impacts of climate change.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the appointment of a 14-member commission to coordinate the commemoration of the 400-year anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans to the English colonies in 1619.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CLARK COUNTY, Nevada – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today visited the Silver State North Solar Project, a renewable energy project under construction on U.S. public lands in southern Nevada. With an estimated completion date in December, First Solar Inc.'s 50-megawatt facility would be the first large-scale solar project on public lands to contribute power to the grid.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to ramp up efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery. On top of resources already deployed to support response efforts in a number of Western states, early this morning ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation Brenda Burman sent a letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein and the California Delegation regarding the Central Valley Project (CVP) and Governor Newsom’s lawsuit, reiterating the Department’s full commitment to continue coordinated efforts ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: NEW ORLEANS – On the heels of the First Family’s visit to national parks this weekend, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at IPW, the U.S. Travel Association’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana on Monday, June 20.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE, NM – In a speech this morning to the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar described the progress being made in a comprehensive agenda to reform, restructure and rebuild federal relations with Indian Country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, President Donald J. Trump announced the nomination of Steven Gardner to be the Director of the office of Surface Mining, Reclamation & Enforcement (OSMRE) at the U.S. Department of the Interior. U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke hailed Gardner’s nomination.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, chaired by U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt, approved more than $130 million in funding for various wetland conservation projects.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ken Salazar, a fifth-generation Coloradan who served as the state's U.S. Senator, Attorney General and Director of Natural Resources, was confirmed today by a unanimous vote in the U.S. Senate to become the 50th Secretary of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the following statement on Governor Bill Ritter's announcement that he will not be seeking a second term as Governor of Colorado:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Building on the Obama Administration's record of taking steps to expand safe and responsible development of our nation's oil and gas resources, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the next steps toward energy exploration activities in shallow waters in the Arctic during ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today praised President Obama's nomination of Dan Ashe to be the next Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Ashe currently serves as the agency's deputy director.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Interior Deputy Secretary Michael Connor announced today that the Department has entered a cooperative agreement with the Navajo Nation to further implement the Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations (Buy-Back Program). The agreement outlines the strategy and resources to be provided ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today named former Vice Admiral Brian Salerno as the Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), which provides federal oversight for oil and gas operations on the Outer Continental Shelf. Salerno, who retired from the U.S. Coast Guard last year as its Deputy Commandant for Operations, will assume his new position on August 26.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Main Interior Building - Yates Auditorium
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of Interior's “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to spur rapid and responsible siting, leasing and construction of new wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced the initial steps to develop commercial wind energy on the Outer Continental Shelf offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: IVANPAH, CA – As part of the Obama Administration's initiative to encourage the rapid and responsible development of renewable energy on U.S. public lands, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, an innovative "power tower" project in San Bernardino County, California.
