News from November 2021
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Sam Graves (R-MO) from today’s hearing entitled, “Industry and Labor Perspectives: A Further Look at North American Supply Chain Challenges":
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC –Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks and Chief of Staff for the Department of the Interior Tom Strickland will wrap-up his service to the Department in February, 2011 to pursue other opportunities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Main Interior Building - Yates Auditorium
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named former Justice Department Inspector General Michael R. Bromwich to lead reforms at the Minerals Management Service as the agency is restructured, the Department of the Interior strengthens oversight and policing of offshore oil and gas development, and the nation builds a clean energy future.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: ST. LOUIS – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the designation of the Shelley House into the African American Civil Rights Network. The Shelley House became the subject of the landmark 1948 United States Supreme Court’s unanimous decision, Shelley v. Kraemer, which is one ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The Department of the Interior will expand efforts with state, local and tribal partners to map lands that are vital to the survival of the greater sage-grouse, a ground-dwelling bird that inhabits much of the West, while guiding and managing new conventional and renewable energy projects to reduce impacts on the species.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, the Department of the Interior announced that Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Timothy Petty, Ph.D., is the new co-chair of the National Drought Resilience Partnership (NDRP), an inter agency task force that enhances Federal drought resilience coordination. In line with the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, PA - Today, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar honored the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 at the Flight 93 National Memorial dedication ceremony in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Joined by United States Vice President Joe Biden, former United States Presidents George W. Bush and ...
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 Texas. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $20.3 million in Texas as part of the recovery plan signed by the President to jumpstart our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and put a down payment on addressing long-neglected challenges so our country can thrive in the 21st Century.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, April 19, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver a major speech on the Obama Administration’s approach to conservation and the need for a course correction in order to ensure healthy lands, water and wildlife for the next century of American conservation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: "As part of President Trump's America-First Energy Strategy and executive order, the Department has reviewed and flagged the Waste Prevention rule as one we will suspend, revise or rescind given its significant regulatory burden that encumbers American energy production, economic growth and job creation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Wall Street Journal: “Over the past few days, thousands have marched in Salt Lake to oppose the decision. The Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance denounced the order as “the single most harmful attack any president has ever launched on public lands.” The group claims the Trump Administration acted “at ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Hot Springs, Yellowstone, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon National Parks will be the first sites commemorated in a new quarter-dollar program announced today by the U.S. Mint.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. . Chairman Boxer, Ranking Member Inhofe and Members of the Committee, I am pleased to appear before you today to discuss S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, and the Department of the Interior's role in building a new energy future. Let me first thank ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced the Bureau of Land Management has acquired lands from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation for $1,025,000 within the Little Sheep Creek watershed in Montana. This acquisition will add nearly 1,000 acres of prime wildlife habitat and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the winner of the 2014 “Share the Experience” photography contest and launched the 2015 contest, which gives amateur photographers the chance to showcase their skills by capturing the beauty ...
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 Hawaii that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: MONROE, MI -- The Department of the Interior today announced the formal establishment of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park, the site of a key battle of the War of 1812 that rallied American forces and eventually led to British forces being driven from the region.
