If they win back the House or Senate, Republicans will gain power to force the Interior Department to give answers on its plans for publicly owned fossil
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A subcommittee of a state board will consider further alternative names for a Delta County creek and mesa, beyond the proposal local students came up with in a contest to
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Adding a new emphasis on climate-related funding, President Joe Biden has proposed $17.4 billion in spending for Interior, a 16% increase over 2021 enacted levels. That included an added $550 million to decrease climate pollution, accelerate clean energy deployment, and expand efforts toward climate adaptation and ecosystem resilience among the departments land management agencies, Haaland said. The proposal also would add more than $450 million to remediate orphaned oil and gas wells and reclaim abandoned mines.
Presenting the proposal, Haaland, a former House member and the first Native American Interior secretary, generally received a warm welcome from her former colleagues, who expressed a shared interest in upholding the federal government s responsibilities to Native American tribes.
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