She spoke at an American Cancer Society Event and visited the Menominee Indian Tribe. First Lady Jill Biden traveled to Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Monday to speak at…
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Interior Department Plans to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics
The strategies will be assessed and updated in 2024. The Department of the Interior has finalized plans to phase out all single-use plastics on public lands within the…
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Interior Department Updates Climate Policy
Secretary announces creation of Climate Science Application Team. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has announced four updated climate policies for the Department of the Interior, working to…
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U.S. Enters Into Agreement to Support Tribal Salmon Restoration
$200 million allocated over 20 years to three Upper Basin Tribes. The Department of the Interior hosted the ceremonial signing of a historic agreement this month, wherein the…
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Interior Funds First Indian Country Oil Well Closures
Secretary Haaland announces the release of $40 million to plug orphaned wells on reservations. The Department of the Interior has released the first phase of funding for plugging…
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Interior Offers Grants for 65 Endangered Species
$40 million to go toward land acquisition and conservation planning projects. The Department of the Interior released $40.6 million in grants to help preserve the 65 endangered species…
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Congress Informed of Chinese Pangolin Trafficking
Interior Department certifies violations of the Pelly Amendment and Convention of International Trade. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has notified the Senate and the House of Representatives…
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USDA and Interior Relinquish Final Oil and Gas Lease in Montana
Blackfeet Nation’s ancestral homelands will be preserved in the Badger-Two Medicine area. The Departments of Agriculture and the Interior jointly announced an agreement that will result in the…
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Administration Cancels Alaskan Oil and Gas Leases
Interior secretary says the lease sale was “seriously flawed.” Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced the administration is canceling oil and gas leases in Alaska and proposing additional protection…
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Secretary Haaland Visits Federal Project Sites in New Mexico
Wraps up a month-long tour of federal investment projects in progress. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited three projects in New Mexico that received federal funding to…
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