News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today applauded President Donald J. Trump's decision to eject the United States from the Obama-era, multi-national Paris Accord. The Department of the Interior is in charge of most energy development on federal lands, including oil, gas, coal, wind, geothermal, and other sources, as well as oil, gas and wind on the Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today presented a Partners in Conservation Award to the Coast Salish-USGS Tribal Journey Water Quality Project for their work in the Salish Sea, Puget Sound and Georgia Basin.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Woodrow Wilson International Center For Scholars
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama’s historic commitment to empowering tribal nations, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Interior Deputy Secretary Michael L. Connor today joined tribal leaders to celebrate four landmark water rights settlements that will resolve contention among tribes and neighboring communities over water rights and improve the quality of life for tribal communities and their non-Indian neighbors.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Connecticut. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $1.7 million in Connecticut as part of the recovery plan signed by ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of “National Hunting and Fishing Month” today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke hosted a first-of-it's-kind meeting with veteran service organizations to share experiences and ideas to make public lands more accessible to veterans with and without disabilities. The Hunting ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, center, with Art Hutchinson, at right, the superintendent of Great San Dunes National Park and Preserve; and at left, Mike Blenden, manager of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's San Luis Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SEATTLE, WA – On Saturday, July 20, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join 150 young people at Outdoor Nation's Signature Summit held at the University of Washington. This will be Jewell's first official trip to Washington State as Secretary of the Interior.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: FRESNO, CA – At a town hall meeting in Fresno, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor and members of the California Congressional Delegation today announced multiple steps the Obama Administration is taking to alleviate the heavy toll on Californians resulting from the ongoing water shortage.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC -- A federal commission to study the potential creation of a National Museum of the American Latino met for the first time on September 18 and 19, 2009 in Washington, D.C.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today that the two agencies, along with the Army Corps of Engineers, will cooperate more closely and align priorities to support the development of environmentally sustainable hydropower.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's comprehensive Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy resources and cut carbon pollution, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today held the nation's third competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters, which offered nearly 80,000 acres offshore Maryland for potential wind energy development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Governor Brown's declaration today underscores the gravity of the historic drought conditions facing California – conditions that are likely to have significant impacts on the state's communities, economy and environment in the coming months.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of President Obama's comprehensive plan to move our economy toward domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today held the nation's first-ever competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today commended the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council for issuing its initial list of proposed projects for meaningful and lasting natural resource restoration for Gulf Coast communities in the wake of the tragic Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior, David Bernhardt signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with General Tô Lâm, Minister of Public Security in Vietnam, to enhance and strengthen cooperation between the countries to combat wildlife trafficking. Wildlife trafficking is a multi-billion ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.