Sentences with phrase «over an interior department»

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«The Department of the Interior is pursuing an irresponsibly aggressive timeline for Arctic Refuge drilling that reflects the Trump administration's eagerness to turn over America's public lands to private industry for development,» Jamie Williams, president of the Wilderness Society in Washington, D.C., said in a statement.

«I think based upon the information that has come to light over the last couple years, the Department of the Interior already has the authority to make changes in the way they appraise coal, and to adjust those appraisals to reflect the market.

The U.S. Department of the Interior Wednesday listed the polar bear as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 based on evidence that the animal's sea ice habitat is shrinking and is likely to continue to do so over the next several decades.

Talking Points Memo confirmed that «The Interior Department is «reviewing» whether a government climate change expert held over from the Bush administration received improper payments from an institution known for its opposition to environmental regulation, a spokesman tells TPM.»

We head over to the interior department, where a cadre of women are there to greet us with questionable stares.

The Orlando doesn't exactly break new ground in the looks department but its a sharp looking vehicle outside and the interior looks to be carried over from the Cruze compact....

The interior carries over unchanged, which is somewhat disappointing, but the drivetrain department has a new engine to brag about.

Thus if you are traveling with five passengers frequently over long distances with luggage, the Renault Duster is the pick in the interior department, else the Ford EcoSport is the better choice with its modern interiors and gadgetry.

Spanning over 4 million acres, Katmai National Park and Preserve is the fourth largest of the more than 400 areas managed by the Department of Interior's National Park Service.

Architectire / Landscape / Interiors, Fashion Design, Product Design and Toy Design majors are eligible on a case - by - case basis, with approval from their respective Department Chairs, and may require course approvals and / or additional credits over 130 to complete.

Architecture / Landscape / Interiors, Fashion Design and Toy Design majors are eligible on a case - by - case basis, with approval from their respective Department Chairs, and may require course approvals and / or additional credits over 130 to complete.

A federal wildlife refuge has been taken over and all Interior Department offices in the area are shuttered.

A study by the California Energy Commission and the Department of the Interior found that removing the dams and replacing their power would save PacifiCorp customers up to $ 285 million over 30 years.

A study by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the Department of the Interior found that removing the dams and replacing their power would save PacifiCorp customers up to $ 285 million over 30 years.

While technology improvements have lessened the occurrence of oil spills in the last 40 years, the Mineral Management Service a bureau in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf, projects about one oil spill per year of at least 1,000 barrels in the Gulf of Mexico over the next 40 years.

The case was filed in 2016 by a coalition of environmental groups over a plan by the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management to lease federally owned land in the Powder River Basin of eastern Montana and Wyoming.

After months of debate over whether U.S. public land should be used to harness renewable energy, the Department of the Interior weighed in by approving two large - scale solar energy projects in California.

Over the past seven years, the Interior Department has leased more than 2 billion tons of publicly owned coal.

The announcement arrived two months after the interior department settled a dispute with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) over who has authority over issuing leases and licenses for projects that generate electricity using wind and ocean currents in the outer continental shelf.

The Obama administration has said it planned to turn over the material to the Associated Press, which sought it from the Interior Department in March 2013 under the US Freedom of Information Act.

DONG validated the New England market's potential last summer, when it took over a Department of Interior Wind Energy Area lease site off the Massachusetts coast and opened an office in Boston.

We will not stand idly by as Ryan Zinke's Department of the Interior runs roughshod over human rights and climate justice in their zeal to give away this special place to the dirty fuels industry.»

Over 200 organizations — the largest coalition ever assembled on the issue of wildlife mortality from feral cats — joined ABC and signed on to a letter requesting that the U.S. Department of Interior prohibit feral cat colonies on public lands.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new offshore oil and gas plan from the U.S. Department of the Interior blocks two drilling leases in the Arctic, but allows a new lease in Alaska's Cook Inlet and 10 new leases in the Gulf of Mexico over the next five years — a step that will worsen climate change by ensuring significant greenhouse gas pollution for the next 70 years.

-- The 2011 Budget provides $ 81 million for USGCRP programs in the Department of the Interior, an increase of $ 18 million or 29 percent over the 2010 funding level.

Goklany, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Interior Department, is currently under scrutiny over whether the funding he has accepted from Heartland violates U.S. law against federal employees taking payments that could put them in conflict with their governmental duties.

Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield, R - Ky., who will preside over the hearing, sent out letters Aug. 6 inviting testimony from leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency; the departments of Agriculture, Defense, Energy, Health and Human Services, Interior, State, and Transportation; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the Commerce Department; NASA; the U.S. Agency for International Development; the Export - Import Bank; and the White House Office of Science and Technology.

The Department of Interior (DOI) manages about 530 million acres — around 20 percent of all U.S. territory — and over 700 million acres of mineral resources, including oil, gas, and coal.

One - Fifth of US Land Under Interior Management The Department of Interior manages about one - fifth of the US landmass and over 1.7 billion acres offshore.

A 2016 report from the US Departments of Energy and Interior estimated that there was enough technical potential in US offshore wind to power the nation twice over.

Our lawyers practice before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Department of the Interior, routinely dealing with other agencies with jurisdiction over energy projects and facilities, such as the U.S. Department of Transportation (pipeline safety, offshore LNG), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Minerals Management Service (royalties, pipeline rights - of - way), the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. Coast Guard (waterways, safety of harbors).