News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, and Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the formation of a federal partnership with state, regional, local and tribal leaders to develop a strategy to more effectively address America's wildland fire challenges.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED), in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), has launched a website to create a web-based clearinghouse of environmental information that will support American Indian and Alaska Native traditional and renewable energy resource development.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced approval of a ‘land-into-trust' application from the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Today's action ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis today marked National Park Week by announcing the designation of four new national historic landmarks, ranging from a ground-breaking mural in the heart of the Motor City to the farm of ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today launched the next step in the comprehensive review of the federal coal program to identify and evaluate potential reforms to ensure the program is properly structured to provide a fair return to taxpayers and reflect its impacts on the environment, while continuing to help meet the nation’s energy needs.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has determined it is appropriate that deepwater oil and gas drilling resume, provided that operators certify compliance with all existing rules and requirements, including those that recently went into effect, and demonstrate the availability of adequate blowout containment resources.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Cary, North Carolina. It is an honor to be here today. . For over 75 years, every president, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Barack Obama, has sought your advice and counsel. . Through times of war and crisis, prosperity and peace, you have lent your ideas, your insights, and your time to the betterment ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: COMMERCE CITY, CO - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper at the ribbon-cutting for the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center to announce that they will partner together to advance three conservation initiatives in Colorado as ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: POINT ARENA, Calif. - Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today hosted a public listening session in Point Arena, California to hear from the community about their vision to conserve a scenic and significant area of coastal public lands in Mendocino County. Secretary Jewell was joined by Congressman Jared Huffman and the Bureau of Land Management Principal Deputy Director Neil Kornze.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks will hold a media teleconference this afternoon to discuss today's votes on polar bear and bluefin tuna at the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora meeting today in Doha, Qatar.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration today detailed how the President's America's Great Outdoors Initiative (AGO) is opening up access to lands and waters, restoring critical landscapes, reconnecting Americans to the natural world, and supporting thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity.
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 Oklahoma that will be included in the final report - representing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Thursday Nov. 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Land Management Director Neil Kornze will join Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper to announce the final decision related to oil and gas development in Colorado’s White River National Forest.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Transportation 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 Deb Haaland today announced Rachael S. Taylor as the agency’s new Chief of Staff, effective Nov. 15, 2021. Rachael has served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget since January. She will succeed Larry Roberts, who is returning to his life’s work in strengthening Tribal self-determination as Attorney General for a federally recognized Tribe.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - As Part of the Obama Administration’s commitment to rural communities , Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced that about 1,900 local governments around the country are receiving a total of nearly $405 million under the 2015 Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: KANSAS CITY, MO ‒ Electrical hazards killed four workers in Missouri and Kansas in five months in 2021. In Missouri, on Oct. 4, a 40-year-old electrical contractor replacing light fixtures in Sedalia. On Sept. 23, a 22-year-old worker cleaning a Higbee pig barn with a pressure washer. In Wichita, Kansas, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo today announced approval of the construction and operation of the Vineyard Wind project - the first large-scale, offshore wind project in the United States. The Secretaries were joined in the announcement by labor leaders who have been working to ensure that the project is built and maintained by union labor.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PLEASANT PRAIRIE, WI – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Gilbane Building Co. are partnering with safety advocates and labor unions to protect the safety and health of workers during construction of a new Pleasant Prairie manufacturing facility.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: OAKLAND, CA – After months of public comment and exhaustive review, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined top federal officials to unveil plans that accelerate restoration of the Delta's ecosystem and fix the state's aging water infrastructure.
