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Wyoming governor pushes back on Biden ban on oil and gas leases Governor stresses that cancellation of federal oil and gas leasing sales was unnecessary in letter to Secretary of Interior -Governor Mark Gordon, Wyoming CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Gov. Mark Gordon is standing up for Wyoming’s oil and gas industry in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. He stated that the cancellation of federal oil and gas lease sales during a “review” of the program was unnecessary and discrimina...

Share this article Share this article GATINEAU, QC, April 21, 2021 /CNW/ - Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, spoke with U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. The meeting built on a long history of cooperation on nature-related matters between Canada and the United States. The two reaffirmed their commitment to work together and with others to increase the scale and speed of action to protect nature and wildlife, including through suppor...

The science is undeniable: Biden and Kamala Harris promise to slash US carbon emissions in HALF by 2030 in virtual climate summit with Putin, Xi Jinping and 38 other world leaders President Joe Biden issued a call to action to world leaders, asking them to work together to combat climate change as he kicked off Climate Summit  The signs are unmistakable. The science is undeniable. The cost of inaction is mounting, Biden said in his opening remarks  Biden vowed the US would do its part, pledgi...

Biden will announce the ambitious plans in a virtual Earth Day summit  The Zoom meeting will include 40 leaders from across the world and The Pope US target aims to challenge the world on increasing ambition and combatting the climate crisis  Bidens action raises the pressure on China - the worlds largest carbon emitter  Obama had pledged to cut emissions by upto 28% by 2025  Biden has made climate change a focus of his $2trillion infrastructure package

Russian President Vladimir Putin was left awkwardly on screen after French President Emmanuel Macron was cut off because of a technical glitch at the Climate Summit Thursday.

Every day new policy proposals or ideas continue to take shape on how to incentivize and encourage adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices. And the momentum continues to snowball for additional money and resources to help, but there’s also the fine line of ensuring actions don’t do more harm than good. One major movement came this week in the Senate with the Senate Agriculture Committee offering unanimous consent for its Growing Climate Solutions Act, which has broad bipartisan sup...

ABC, Easy as 1-2-3 Apr 20, 2021 The industry’s annual American Boating Congress opens tomorrow for two days (April 21-22), and all marine trades association leaders and their key dealer members should take advantage and virtually attend both 90-minute sessions. There is no doubt that all dealers would like to know what may be ahead for their businesses. Moreover, there’s no question that actions taken on the federal level will influence our future, one way or another. Being informed is crit...

National Park Service Announces World War I Memorial Opens in Washington Published: Monday, 19 April 2021 06:01 Peace Fountain National Park Service photo April 19, 2021 - WASHINGTON – The American flag was raised over the World War I Memorial for the first time on Friday, April 16, the formal unveiling of the memorial that honors the 4.7 million Americans who served their nation in World War I, including 116,516 who made the supreme sacrifice. The First Colors Ceremony fea...

Governor stresses that cancellation of Federal oil and gas leasing sales was unnecessary in letter to Secretary of Interior CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon is standing up for Wyoming’s oil and gas industry in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland. He stated that the cancellation of Federal oil and gas...Continue reading

Secretary Haaland leads U.S. delegation to United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Indianz.Com Haaland, who is the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior, will deliver a keynote to the forum next week. She is expected to address economic, climate, and racial injustice issues facing American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S. “To tackle these challenges in the U.S., the Interior Department has committed to using an all-of-agency ...