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US Adds $103M for Wildfire Hazards and Land Rehabilitation
The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter health and well-being program, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced Friday. Haaland made the announcement following a briefing on this year’s wildfire season at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, which coordinates the...
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US Finds 500 Native American Boarding School Deaths So Far
A first-of-its-kind federal study of Native American boarding schools that for over a century sought to assimilate Indigenous children into white society has identified more than 500 student deaths at the institutions so far. But officials expect that figure to grow exponentially as research continues. The Interior Department report released Wednesday expands to more than 400 the number of schools...
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Haaland: 16 Tribal Water Settlements Will Get $1.7 Billion
The Biden administration will use $1.7 billion from the recently enacted federal infrastructure bill to fund 16 tribal water rights settlements
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Interior to Hold Auction for Offshore Wind Power in NY, NJ
The Biden administration says it will hold its first offshore wind auction next month
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8 Good Things for the Environment That Happened in 2021
It can feel like 2021 only brought bad news with extreme weather, an ongoing pandemic and many people experiencing financial struggles. Severe storms, largely influenced by climate change, caused roughly $120 billion in damage globally. January 2021 brought destructive floods to California. A couple of weeks later, a historic winter storm shut down much of the Texas power grid, costing…
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8 Positive Steps We Took To Fight Climate Change in 2021
The news about climate change wasn’t ALL bad in 2021. NBCLX storyteller Chase Cain shares eight good things that happened for the environment this year, including new standards for fuel economy, a pledge to end deforestation and a movement encouraging major investors to divest from fossil fuel companies.
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Biden Sets Out Oil, Gas Leasing Reform, Stops Short of Ban
The Biden administration has recommended an overhaul of the nation’s oil and gas leasing program to focus on areas that are most suitable for energy development and raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and water
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Interior Secretary Haaland Moves to Rid U.S. of Racially Derogatory Place Names
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday the federal government will establish a process to review and replace racially derogatory terms used in place names.
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Gabby Petito Case a Reminder of Missing Native Americans, Interior Secretary Says
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland says extensive news media coverage of the death of Gabby Petito should be a reminder of hundreds of Native American girls and women who are missing or murdered in the United States.
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Land Agency Moving Back to DC, Reversing Trump-Era Decision
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is moving the headquarters of the Bureau of Land Management back to the nation’s capital after two years in Colorado.
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US to Review Dark History of Indigenous Boarding Schools
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other federal officials are expected to announce steps that the federal government plans to take to reconcile the legacy of boarding school policies on Indigenous families and communities
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Interior Secretary Haaland Visits Maine's Acadia National Park
For her first visit to a national park since joining the Biden Cabinet, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Maine and Acadia National Park to meet with state tribal leaders, Maine’s congressional delegation and Gov. Janet Mills. The multi-day visit included stops with the Penobscot Nation, trips up Cadillac Mountain and a visit to Acadia’s Schoodic Peninsula,...
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US Secretary of the Interior Visits Acadia National Park
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Maine’s Acadia National Park — her first national park visit as secretary — to meet with state tribal leaders, the state’s congressional delegation and Gov. Janet Mills.
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Scientists Urge Restoration of Federal Gray Wolf Protections
A group of scientists is urging the Biden administration to return gray wolves to the federal endangered species list.
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Pollution Hits Some Neighborhoods Harder Than Others. Is Change Coming?
Some communities of color bore the brunt of health effects from chemical runoff or other pollutants – a symptom of environmental racism. Risk and behavioral scientist Sweta Chakraborty explains how environmental racism could be addressed in the Biden administration and how those solutions are a setup for the broader fight against climate change.
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Interior Head Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders on Energy
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has revoked a series of Trump administration orders that promoted fossil fuel development on public lands and waters
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Deb Haaland Confirmed as First Native American Cabinet Secretary
The Senate on Monday confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., as President Joe Biden’s secretary of the Department of the Interior.
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Interior Nominee Haaland Questioned on Drilling, Pipelines
President Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Interior Department faced sharp questions from Republicans Tuesday over what several called her “radical” ideas that include opposition to fracking and the Keystone XL oil pipeline
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Deal-Makers and Fighters Make Up Biden's New Climate Team
Joe Biden has wrapped up a team heavy on deal-makers and fighters to lead his climate change.
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5 Things to Know About Rep. Deb Haaland, Biden's Interior Secretary Nominee
If confirmed, Rep. Dep Haaland, D-N.M., would be the first Native American to hold a Cabinet-level position in U.S. history. Here are five things to know about the congresswoman.