Activists urge lawmakers to reverse a relevant 2017 law, “cancel the leases issued by the Trump administration, and shut down this dangerous drilling program once and for all.” Indigenous and environmental groups on Tuesday welcomed the U.S. Interior Department’s decision to review the Trump administration’s controversial move opening up previously protected land in Alaska to drilling […]
Washington — Tuesday, the Biden administration, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, and the U.S. Department of the Interior announced via Notice of Intent in the Federal Register plans to begin a new environmental review of oil and gas development on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Statement by Kristen Miller, Acting […]
WHITE HOUSE – Russia is already interfering in next year’s midterm U.S. elections, President Joe Biden said Tuesday in a speech at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Referencing the day’s classified briefing prepared by the intelligence community for him, Biden said: “Look at what Russia’s doing already about the 2022 […]
If the Biden administration doesn’t reinstate mask and distancing guidelines, one expert warned, “we could well be on our way to another national surge—and one that was entirely foreseen and entirely preventable.” The highly transmissible Delta variant is fueling an alarming surge in new coronavirus infections across the United States, intensifying pressure on the White House […]