Press Releases

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today delivered remarks during a program at the Department of the Interior to celebrate the historic and enduring progress achieved during the Biden-Harris administration.

The Department of the Interior today released final guidance on how states can apply for up to $40 million each in Regulatory Improvement Grant funding available under President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create jobs and clean up polluting and unsafe orphaned oil and gas wells across the country.

The Department of the Interior today announced $223 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda for water recycling and desalination projects aimed at addressing the impacts of drought.

The Department of the Interior today announced more than $75 million in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands, create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities across Illinois.

The Department of the Interior today announced a $15.89 million investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to assist three Tribal Nations and the State of Alabama clean up orphaned oil and gas wells.

The Department of the Interior today announced a $514 million investment as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda that will bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through five water storage and conveyance projects.

The Department of the Interior today announced a $121 million investment from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities prepare for the most severe climate-related environmental threats to their homelands.

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management received no bids for the congressionally mandated oil and gas lease sale for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (Arctic Refuge). The deadline to submit bids was Monday, January 6.

The Department of the Interior today announced a more than $41 million investment from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 21 projects to bolster water resources, advance ecosystem health, and support resilience in communities facing drought and other climate change impacts.

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden’s designation of the Chuckwalla National Monument in southern California.