Interior Department Welcomes New Biden-Harris Appointees
March 13, 2023
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced additional Biden-Harris administration appointees who will join agency leadership to help create jobs in the clean energy economy, steward America’s public lands and waters, pursue environmental justice and honor our nation-to-nation relationship with Tribes.
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Interior Department Substantially Reduces Scope of Willow Project
Drill Pads Reduced by 40%; ConocoPhillips to Relinquish Rights to 68,000 Acres of Existing Leases
March 13, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, the Interior Department issued a Record of Decision regarding the proposed Willow Master Development Plan in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). The Department is substantially reducing the size of the project by denying two of the five drill sites proposed by ConocoPhillips, which is seeking to develop oil and gas leases it acquired beginning in the late 1990s. The company will also relinquish rights to approximately 68,000 acres of its existing leases in the NPR-A, including approximately 60,000 acres in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area.
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Statement by Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland on the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Budget maintains strong support for Tribal communities.
March 9, 2023
The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The FY 2024 budget makes significant investments in Tribal sovereignty and revitalization, providing new and expanded funding opportunities and resources for Tribes to manage their lands and waters.
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Statement by Secretary Deb Haaland on the President’s Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
Proposed investments will advance commitments to Tribal Nations, climate resilience, clean energy, conservation, environmental justice and American jobs
March 9, 2023
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. The Budget details a blueprint to grow the economy from the bottom up and middle out, lower costs for families, protect and strengthen Medicare and Social Security, and reduce the deficit by ensuring the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share—all while ensuring no one making less than $400,000 per year pays more in taxes.
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Interior Department Announces $135 Million to Help Create Jobs and Revitalize Land in Coal Communities
Federal grants will support abandoned mine reclamation
March 9, 2023
WASHINGTON – As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to clean up legacy pollution while creating good-paying jobs and new economic opportunities for coalfield communities, the Department of the Interior today announced that the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement is awarding $135 million in fiscal year 2023 funding for Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) grants. The six Appalachian states with the highest number of unfunded high priority abandoned mine land (AML) problems and three Tribes with approved AML programs are eligible for the grants.
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SCHATZ, MURKOWSKI LEAD OVERSIGHT HEARING ON NATIVE COMMUNITIES’ PRIORITIES
March 8, 2023
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), vice chairman of the Committee, led an oversight hearing titled, “Oversight Hearing on Native Communities’ Priorities for the 118th Congress.”
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Advisory Committee Charts a Path Forward for Controlling Destructive Invasive Species
Newly appointed members meet for the first time since 2019
March 8, 2023
WASHINGTON – After being disbanded in 2019, newly appointed members of the Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC) gathered this week to discuss strategies to prevent, eradicate and control invasive species, which impose substantial costs on society and cause damages that impact the global economy, including an estimated $120 billion in environmental damages and losses annually in the United States.
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Not Invisible Act Commission Announces Field Hearings to Begin this Spring
February 28, 2023
WASHINGTON — This week, as part of the continued work by the Departments of the Interior and Justice to implement the Not Invisible Act and combat the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP), Secretary Deb Haaland and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco hosted the first in-person plenary session of the Not Invisible Act Commission at the U.S. Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. The two-day meeting follows a series of online sessions since the establishment of the Commission last year.
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Assistant Secretary Estenoz Highlights Investments in Equitable Outdoor Access, Preservation of Equal Rights History in the Carolinas
February 23, 2023
Greensboro, N.C. — Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited North and South Carolina this week to celebrate new investments that help tell a more complete story of America. During her visit, she also highlighted new and increased funding through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) that are restoring America’s lands and waters and expanding access to the outdoors.
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Enduring International Collaboration a Focus of Secretary Haaland’s New Zealand Visit
February 22, 2023
Wellington, New Zealand — This week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Aotearoa New Zealand at the invitation of Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta to highlight the United States’ role as a Pacific nation and the importance of international cooperation on addressing climate change and honoring Indigenous communities. For more than 70 years, the Department of the Interior has worked with counterparts in New Zealand on issues ranging from wildland fire response and natural hazard monitoring to wildlife conservation and responsible energy development.
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Interior Department Proposes First-Ever Offshore Wind Sale in Gulf of Mexico
Proposed lease stipulations would prioritize workforce training, domestic supply chain development, fishery protection, and community engagement
February 22, 2023
WASHINGTON — In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to grow America’s clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today is proposing the first-ever offshore wind lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico. The announcement is part of the Administration’s latest actions to expand offshore wind opportunities to more regions of the country, building on investments in the President’s Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to spur offshore wind deployment and create good-paying jobs for American workers.
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