News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As a next step toward meeting President Trump’s direction for increased production of American energy resources and greater energy security for the Nation, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the publication of the final environmental impact statement (EIS) for a ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, May 23, 2018, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will provide an overview of President Donald Trump’s proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the Department of the Interior during a conference call with members of the news media.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. – As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Ross Hopper today joined Rhode Island Governor ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON − Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected $32.2 million in WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants and Title XVI Projects and Feasibility Studies to stretch water supplies and conserve energy in the western United States.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Energy 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-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today released a preliminary report that identifies a number of important Latino historic and cultural sites in the San Luis Valley and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico worthy of consideration for inclusion in the National Park System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute more than $862 million to all 50 states, U.S. commonwealths and territories, and the District of Columbia to support hunting, sport-fishing, and fish and wildlife conservation and education programs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will open a public dialogue on potential changes to federal onshore oil and gas regulations as part of President Obama's strategy to support a balanced, prosperous energy future. The BLM is ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – “Let's Move Outside, Junior Rangers!” is First Lady Michelle Obama's call to kids across the country this summer. Today, the National Park Service kicks off Let's Move Outside Junior Ranger in 20 parks. National Park Junior Rangers will not only have fun and get exercise but also receive an extra reward for working up a sweat.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On Monday, Feb. 22, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and White House Intergovernmental Affairs Director Jerry Abramson will co-host the 2016 Senior Plenary Session of the Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) to discuss economic policy and development issues of importance to leaders of American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the approval of three major renewable energy projects that, when built, are expected to deliver 1,100 megawatts to the grid – enough to power more than 340,000 homes – and help support more than 1,000 jobs through construction and operations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced that the bureau has approved an Exploration Plan, submitted by Shell Offshore Inc., following the completion of a site-specific Environmental Assessment (SEA) for deepwater oil and gas exploration.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC – Today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the creation of a Federal Drought Action Team that will work cooperatively to respond to communities facing significant drought. With California currently facing one of its worst droughts in decades, ...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Energy and Commerce Chairman Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) released the following statement today after the Full Committee voted to advance 12 bipartisan bills...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released a Secretary’s Order to decrease barriers for disadvantaged and under-resourced youth to access America’s public lands and waters through expediting the permit process.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Yesterday, U.S. Acting Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt signed a secretarial order to establish a Departmental task force to facilitate and prioritize the implementation of S. 47, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (Dingell Act). The bill was made ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt announced the establishment of the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument in Jackson, Mississippi as the 423rd unit of the National Park System. The monument was authorized by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act (P.L. 116-9), which was signed by President Trump on March 12, 2019.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) Offshore WINDPOWER Conference in Providence, Rhode Island on Tuesday, Oct. 22, where she will highlight the important role of clean energy in the President's Climate Action Plan and powering the economy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.--The Department of the Interior is accelerating the development of renewable energy on its vast public lands and offshore areas “to help power President Obama's vision for a new energy economy,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – A scheduled June 25th public listening session and discussion will provide an opportunity for leaders of the America's Great Outdoors Initiative to hear from people in the Chesapeake Bay region on solutions for building a 21st century conservation and recreation agenda and reconnecting people ...
