News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – As part of President Obama's all-of-the-above energy strategy to continue to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today released the final details for an oil and gas lease sale that will offer more than 20 million acres offshore and will make available all unleased areas in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. – In a move that will improve the nation's energy infrastructure, create nearly 500 jobs and boost local economies, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a Record of Decision (ROD) for the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project (B2H Project). The B2H Project will provide additional electrical capacity between the Pacific Northwest and the Intermountain West regions.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: On November 9th, 2021, the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with the Ford Foundation; the U.S. Impact Investing Alliance; B Lab; Families and Workers Fund; and Ariel Investments, will host the Biden-Harris administration’s first ever Interagency Convening on Equitable Economic Growth, bringing ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PINEDALE, WY – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Wyoming Governor Matt Mead, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe and local officials to recognize the efforts of private Wyoming landowners in helping to conserve the landscape of the American West at a ceremonial signing of nine long-term protection plans for sagebrush habitat – the first of their kind in Wyoming.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and other senior Department officials will fan across the country this week – from Alabama to Alaska – joining with local elected officials and stakeholders to underscore the importance of the Land and Water Conservation Fund to support communities' conservation, outdoor recreation and clean water projects.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will provide an overview of the President's fiscal year 2015 budget for the Department of the Interior in a 2:00 p.m. EST teleconference. The Secretary will be joined by newly-confirmed Deputy Secretary Michael Connor and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: All public land was once tribal land. From the Seminole people of the Everglades to the Athabascans who gave Denali its name, Native Americans have a connection to every national park , wildlife refuge and wilderness across the country. American Indians and Alaska Natives are incredibly diverse, with ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: On Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 as a follow-up to last week's announcement Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will host a series of Cape Wind meetings in Washington, DC. Media is invited to shoot b-roll of the start of the meeting with all parties involved in the Section 106 consultation process under the National Historic Preservation Act. After the meetings, Secretary Salazar will host a press conference to discuss the meetings.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama's fiscal year 2013 budget request of $11.5 billion for the Department of the Interior reflects fiscal discipline, identifying offsetting program reductions to maintain funding for core missions and strategic investments in America's Great Outdoors; energy development and reforms; innovation to help sustain economic recovery and generate jobs; and promotion of economic development for American Indians and Alaska Natives.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following a robust and transparent public process that included more than 1.5 million public comments, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today released final standards that will support safe and responsible hydraulic fracturing on public and American Indian lands. The commonsense standards will improve safety and help protect groundwater by updating requirements for well-bore integrity, wastewater disposal and public disclosure of chemicals.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BOSTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts has entered a consent judgment and order enjoining a Canton contractor and his business permanently from retaliating against workers who cooperate with U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigations and otherwise exercise ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today Deb Haaland began her tenure as the 54th Secretary of the Interior. Secretary Haaland hit the ground running, holding a virtual all-staff forum attended by more than 15,000 agency employees where she delivered remarks and highlighted the work of team members in each of the bureaus and offices. She also took time to honor an Interior employee who is celebrating 40 years of service to the federal government.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the selection of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst to host the Department of the Interior's Northeast Climate Science Center. He also announced the University of Oklahoma to host the South Central Climate Science Center, and the University of Hawaii-Manoa to host the Pacific Islands Climate Science Center.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – As part of the Obama Administration's historic commitment to working with tribal leaders to address the challenges facing Indian Country, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today announced a plan to transform the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and to ensure that all students attending BIE-funded schools receive a world-class education that is delivered to them by tribes.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt announced the award of $2.1 million in grants to state and local partners in Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming for habitat conservation activities in migration corridors and winter range for elk, mule deer, and pronghorn. The targeted big game species will benefit from the conservation actions funded by these grants as will a wide array of plant and other wildlife species.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following President Obama's direction to hold annual oil and gas lease sales in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A), Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold its second oil and gas lease sale in the past year on ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation and the National Park Service are starting the development of a Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) for Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON -As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to continue to expand domestic energy production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau today announced competitive lease sales for renewable energy development in two wind energy areas (WEAs) in federal waters.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center