WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the Department of the Interior today for failing to provide public records on Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt’s communications and schedules. These records could shed light on the Trump administration’s abrupt decision to allow an enormous California groundwater-mining scheme, Cadiz, Inc., to move forward without environmental review. Today’s lawsuit also seeks […]
In a “Sweeetheart Deal” to the energy industry, the Department of Interior repealed the Consolidated Federal Oil and Gas and Federal and Indian Coal Valuation Reform Rule (Valuation Rule) put in place by the Obama administration that curtailed a practice by the industry to short-change the Federal government and Indian entities of royalty taxes owed to […]
JUNEAU—Governor Bill Walker Monday announced the initial steps to building a life-saving road between the communities of King Cove and Cold Bay. The U.S. Department of Interior issued to the State of Alaska’s Department of Transportation a permit to survey the area for an initial assessment of the best place to begin construction. “Secretary […]
Juneau, AK (January 13, 2017) – The Department of Interior (DOI) announced Friday that it has approved Craig Tribal Association’s (CTA) land-into-trust application to place a 1.08-acre land parcel into federal Indian trust status. This is the first application from Alaska to be approved by DOI since it issued a final revised rule in 2014 expelling the […]
