US Interior secretary revokes Trump-era energy policies to aid renewables transition Email
The Interior Secretary revoked a string of Trump-era policies that sought to increase the deployment of fossil fuel power plants on public land. Image: Department of Interior.
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has established a new Climate Task Force to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy generation across the country and revoked several Trump administration policies promoting fossil fuels on public land.
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has issued two secretarial orders that will “prioritise action on climate change” by focusing on the deployment of renewable energy and protecting both the US’ natural resources and its cultural heritage, DOI said in a statement.
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Sec. Deb Haaland talks with a small group of supporters, who waited in the rain, to welcome her on her second day as Secretary of the Interior, March 18, 2021.
On Interior Secretary Deb Haaland’s second day on the job, a small group of supporters parked a video screen outside the department’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., to flash messages of encouragement and thanks. Under a light rain, Haaland the first Native American secretary of the Interior came out for a look.
“I’m so humbled by the opportunity that President Biden has given me,” she said.
PALIKIR, Pohnpei On March 19th, 2021, His Excellency David W. Panuelo President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) sent a letter to the Honorable Debra Anne Haaland, the newly confirmed and first Native American Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), requesting the FSM’s membership in the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education (WICHE). The letter was sent as a response by the Vice Speaker of the U.S. Territory of Guam, the Honorable Tina Muña-Barnes, requesting DOI’s Office of Insular Affairs to consider funding the WICHE annual membership fee for the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands, including the FSM, with the purpose of demonstrating the Nation’s enthusiastic endorsement of that request.
BK Technologies Corporation: BK Technologies BKR 5000 Approved by U.S. Department of the Interior
WEST MELBOURNE, FL / ACCESSWIRE / April 1, 2021 / BK Technologies Corporation (NYSE American:BKTI) today announced it has received approval from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for its BKR 5000 Digital P25 communications technology.
BK President Tim Vitou commented, We are pleased to complement our recent NIFC Fire Approval with the DOI s favorable test results, providing the necessary approval for DOI agency purchases, including high-risk fire and law enforcement use. Our Engineering team provided priority care and assistance to the DOI s technical staff and leadership at the DOI Testing Service Center in Denver. The formal DOI communication noted that the BKR5000 passed on every risk assessment code that is tested. All DOI agencies combined have an estimated 80,000 BK radios deployed across the nation. We are proud to offer our latest communication technology to the DOI fo
The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced nearly $249 million in fiscal year 2020 energy revenues to Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions CPS.
The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced nearly $249 million in fiscal year 2020 energy revenues to Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and their coastal political subdivisions (CPS).
The state of Alabama and its CPS received $35 million in total, the state of Louisiana and its CPS received $109.9 million in total, the state of Mississippi and its CPS received $36.5 million in total, and the state of Texas and its CPS received $67.3 million in total, the DOI’s website showed. A total figure of $248.9 million was disbursed by the DOI.