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Biden administration cancels oil and gas leases in Arctic wildlife refuge

The move comes as the Biden administration seeks to expand protections against oil and gas development on public lands.

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Biden administration cancels leases in Alaska wildlife refuge - Roll Call

The Biden administration canceled oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge that Congress mandated in a 2017 law.

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Powered by wind, this $10B transmission line will carry more energy than the Hoover Dam

Executives with one of the largest wind and solar energy development companies in the world are gathering with federal officials on the dusty plains of New Mexico to mark the groundbreaking of what will be the largest renewable energy infrastructure project in the United States

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US government is funding kills of endangered animals, activists say

June hunt in Alaska that killed 99 bears and five wolves prompts activists to renew their call for crackdown on ‘rogue states’

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Feds approve offshore wind farm south of Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard

A planned offshore wind farm moved a step closer to construction Tuesday with the Department of the Interior announcing it has approved the project

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‘God’s cathedral’: Biden designates national monument near Grand Canyon

The Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni Grand Canyon monument – home to several Native tribes – will be protected from uranium mining

The Guardian - US

Biden creates a new national monument near the Grand Canyon

The proclamation signed in the area by the president protects lands that are sacred to indigenous peoples and blocks new uranium mine claims.

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Now a national monument, Bronzeville church where Emmett Till’s casket lay open gets official sign

Roberts Temple Church, at 40th and State streets, will preserve the site where Till’s body was displayed in an open casket and launched the modern Civil Rights Movement.

Chicago Sun-Times

Western tribes' last-ditch effort to stall a large lithium mine in Nevada

Western tribes are making a last ditch effort to thwart a large lithium mine in a federal appeals court.

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AP News Digest 3:25 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan.

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US Interior Secretary Haaland reflects on tenure and tradition amid policy challenges

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has made history a few times in her political career, becoming one of the first Native American women to serve in Congress and as the first to hold the reins of the Interior Department

The Independent UK

Tribal activists see 'green colonialism' in Nevada mine Biden hails as key to clean energy

A huge lithium mine under construction in northern Nevada is at the center of a dispute over President Joe Biden’s clean energy agenda

The Independent UK

Deb Haaland and Tribal leaders welcome Supreme Court decision upholding Indian Child Welfare Act

7-2 ruling leaving landmark law intact hailed as victory ‘for all Indigenous children and all Indigenous Nations’

The Independent UK

Supreme Court upholds adoption law seeking to protect Native American children

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the landmark federal adoption law that seeks to keep Native American children with tribal families.

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Protest derails planned celebration of 20-year ban on oil drilling near Chaco national park

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was supposed visit Chaco Culture National Historical Park

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Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising

The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.

Reuters

US says Mexico failed to stop illegal wildlife trade threatening vaquita

The U.S. interior secretary on Friday declared that Mexico has failed to halt the illegal wildlife trade threatening the world's smallest porpoise, the critically endangered vaquita, a move that opens the path for a possible trade embargo.

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Western US states reach deal on Colorado River conservation

Arizona, California and Nevada agree to cut water usage from the Colorado River by 13 percent over three years.

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Funding to support oral histories in boarding school era

The National Endowment for the Humanities is supporting an effort to record oral histories and digitize records on Indigenous boarding schools

The Independent UK

Haaland defends Willow, says US won't end oil drilling

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland defended her department’s approval of the contentious Willow oil project on Friday, saying that despite President Joe Biden’s campaign promise to end new drilling on federal lands, “We’re not going to turn the faucet off and say we’re not drilling anymore

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On Nevada trip, Haaland celebrates ‘new era’ of conservation

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday on a trip to Las Vegas that the newly designated Avi Kwa Ame National Monument in southern Nevada marks a new era of conservation

The Independent UK

Tribes want national monument protection for Grand Canyon

Tribal leaders in Arizona say they hope to persuade the Biden administration to create protections for areas adjacent to the Grand Canyon, which they consider sacred

The Guardian - US

‘Why mine so close?’: the fight to protect the pristine Okefenokee swamp

An Alabama company wants to mine near the 440,000-acre Georgia swamp, but locals and scientists fear it could be irreparably harmed

WEKU

The Biden administration sells oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico

Energy companies secured access to 1.6 million acres of waters offered at auction. It's the second time this month that the administration has opened federal territory for new fossil fuel drilling.

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GOP House appropriators say Interior must 'do more with less' - Roll Call

Republican members of a House appropriations subcommittee expressed support for the Interior Department's tribal programs Tuesday.

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