News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Office of Personnel Management Director John Berry and GSA Administrator Martha Johnson today kicked off a week of events to honor veterans, praising their service and sacrifices to the nation and reporting on the Administration's initiatives to help returning veterans re-enter civilian life and find meaningful employment.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the federal government has now made more than $1 billion in grants under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act of 1989, helping to conserve or restore more than 25.4 million acres of wetlands and associated habitat across the continent over the past two decades.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DENVER, CO – The Department of the Interior will hold more than 40 major lease sales for oil and natural gas development on public lands this year, which are predicted to generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for American taxpayers as well as billions of barrels of oil and trillions of cubic feet of natural gas to help meet the nation's energy needs, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Today, Wednesday, March 31, 2010 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change will hold an on the record press conference call to discuss the President's remarks on energy security at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility Washington. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Scott Pruitt, and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry announced a bold American energy Executive Order that will put our nation on track to full and dominant American ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: SACRAMENTO, CA -- Deputy Secretary of the Interior Mike Connor will address the 8th Biennial Bay-Delta Science Conference on October 28 at the Sacramento Convention Center. Connor has been a leader at the Interior Department on Bay-Delta issues since 2009, when he became the Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation and continues to be actively engaged in his current role.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scientists detected mercury contamination in every fish sampled in 291 streams across the country, according to a U.S. Geological Survey study released today.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: O‘AHU, HI – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Hawai‘i Governor David Ige, U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell, National Park Service (NPS) Deputy Director Peggy O'Dell, state and local officials, and community leaders to dedicate Honouliuli ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Today, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Michael L. Connor visited the recently-designated Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, the newest addition to the National Park Service. The visit builds on the Department's work to support locally-driven efforts to preserve and protect places that hold special meaning to communities across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced the appointment of 15 experts representing diverse scientific fields as members of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Scientific Committee – a group that advises BOEM on the agency's offshore environmental studies, which inform policy decisions regarding development of Outer Continental Shelf energy and mineral resources.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Brian Salerno and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail R. Hopper will hold a press conference call today to discuss latest efforts to ensure future oil and gas exploratory activities on the U.S. Arctic Outer Continental Shelf are done safely and responsibly.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will join youth from the Student Conservation Association, volunteers from Greater DC Cares, and Department of the Interior employees on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, to work on beautification projects at the Martin Luther King, Jr., Memorial, as part of the National Day of Service.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Originally Published by: Fox News . By: U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt. President Trump has solved the riddle that has bedeviled previous presidents and Congress for decades, putting forth an unprecedented conservation funding proposal and calling on Congress to get it done for the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, July 7, Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Janice Schneider, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Abigail Ross Hopper and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Director Brian Salerno will hold a press conference call to discuss a major announcement that will help to guide any future activities on the U.S. Arctic Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior today announced key members of agency leadership who will work to advance President Biden’s agenda to tackle climate change, protect endangered wildlife, and honor relationships and trust responsibilities with Indigenous communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NAIROBI, Kenya – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, co-chair of President Obama’s Task Force on Wildlife Trafficking, concluded an official visit to Kenya after formalizing new partnerships in the global fight to combat the illegal trade in wildlife that is driving several species towards extinction. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the United States and Kenya, both countries pledged to work collaboratively to slow the growing worldwide scourge.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS -- Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today commended the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees for proposing an initial set of restoration projects in the Gulf Coast region as part of the agreement with BP to fund $1 billion in early restoration projects. ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Department is evaluating the potential streamlining of regulations that govern the calculation of royalties owed to the United States from oil and natural gas produced offshore and on federal lands. Current regulations require ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today addressed the American Petroleum Institute's board of directors. Below is the full text of his remarks as prepared:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Monday, Jan. 13, 2020 . Contact: interior_press@ios.doi.gov . Thursday, January 9, President Trump announced a proposed rule to modernize and accelerate environmental reviews under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), so infrastructure can be built in a timely, efficient and more affordable ...
