News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Over the last four years, the Trump Administration has improved the ability of California families and farmers to enjoy safe, reliable and bountiful water supplies.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, the Department of Commerce honored 31 U.S. companies and organizations that export goods and services overseas by naming them winners of the 2021 President’s “E” Awards. This year’s winners hail from 20 states, and of the 31 honorees, 25 are small and medium-sized businesses, and 14 firms are manufacturers.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today wrapped several days of field visits and meetings in Utah with elected officials, Tribal leaders, and stakeholders invested in the stewardship of the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. The Secretary was in the state as part of the Biden administration’s review of the monuments’ boundaries and management conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Copenhagen, Denmark – Today, US Secretary of the Interior delivered the keynote address entitled “New Energy Future: The Role of Public Lands in Clean Energy Production and Carbon Capture” at the UN Conference on Climate Change. The full text of Secretary Salazar's remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today appointed Liz Birnbaum, an attorney with two decades of Federal Government and private sector experience in energy and environmental policy, as Director of the Department's Minerals Management Service. The appointment does not require Senate confirmation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior today announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. The 17 grants, totaling nearly $2.9 million, are part of Interior's ongoing efforts to capture and tell a more inclusive story of American history.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: VANDENBERG AFB, CA – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Water and Science Anne Castle, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Director Dr. Marcia McNutt and other Interior and NASA officials to launch the nation's newest Earth-observing satellite into space.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration continues to make millions of acres available to for oil and gas development, a report released today by the Department of the Interior shows that more than two thirds of federal offshore acreage leased by industry and more than half of federal onshore leased acreage in the lower 48 states remains idle – neither producing nor under active exploration or development by companies who hold those leases.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Feb. 11, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will host an event at Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site in Alabama to announce a public-private partnership between the National Park Service and Google to share the diverse history and culture of America with a global audience. Google’s Senior Counsel on Civil and Human Rights Malika Saada Sar will join Secretary Jewell for the announcement.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today is Native American Heritage Day, thanks to legislation signed by President Obama that permanently designates the Friday after Thanksgiving Day each year as a day of honoring American Indian and Alaska Native cultural heritage and tribal sovereignty.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Immediately following President Trump's Executive Order, Modernizing America’s Water Resource Management and Water Infrastructure , the newly formed Water Subcabinet began increasing coordination between Federal agencies and members of the South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to implement and complete the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: LAS VEGAS, NV – At a meeting with western governors today, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell applauded the unprecedented federal-state cooperation on planning efforts to conserve the greater sage-grouse but emphasized that much work still needs to be done by both the federal government and the states in advance of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's September 2015 deadline to determine if the species warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC--Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today issued the following statement regarding the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz signed a memorandum of agreement today establishing the Manhattan Project National Historical Park. The agreement governs how the National Park Service (NPS) and the Department of Energy (DOE) will work ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell lauded President Obama's action today to designate the waters of Bristol Bay as off limits to consideration for oil and gas development. Located off the southwest coast of Alaska, Bristol Bay is known for its world-class fisheries and stunning beauty which drive the economy through tourism and commercial and recreational fishing.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Department of the Interior today announced that its Bureau of Reclamation is awarding grants totaling $6.5 million for more efficient management and conservation of California's water as part of the Obama Administration's effort to bring relief to drought-stricken communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced that the Department is proposing the largest oil and gas lease sale ever held in the United States --76,967,935 ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes today announced the 2012 “Partners in Conservation” Awards to 17 organizations that have achieved exemplary conservation results through public-private cooperation and community engagement. Together, the 17 award recipients represent more than 700 individuals and organizations from across the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior released the "Review of the Department of the Interior Actions that Potentially Burden Domestic Energy" report which was produced in response to Executive Order 13783. The report identified agency actions that potentially burden the development ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-In support of President Obama's United We Serve summer service initiative, the Department of the Interior today sponsored and participated in volunteer service activities in the nation's parks, refuges and other public lands. The events are a part of the United We Serve Energy and Environment issue week that runs August 3 through 9.