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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Missouri today, where she highlighted investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address legacy pollution and from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to upgrade critical infrastructure at national parks across America.

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Dr. Steve Feldgus, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Elizabeth Klein and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Deputy Director Paul Huang today toured Dominion Energy’s wind turbine installation vessel Charybdis under construction at the Seatrium AmFELS shipyard. 

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland visited Fayetteville, Arkansas, today to highlight how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and America the Beautiful initiative are restoring our nation’s lands and waters and creating healthier outdoor spaces for people and wildlife.

In another step by the Biden-Harris administration to support the growing momentum across America for a clean energy economy, the Department of the Interior today announced its proposal for a second offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed lease sale includes four areas offshore Louisiana and Texas, totaling 410,060 acres, which have the potential to power 1.2 million homes.

The Department of the Interior today announced final guidance for Tribal communities on how to apply for $55 million in grant funding and direct assistance available under President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to clean up orphaned oil and gas wells across Indian Country.

Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Shannon Estenoz visited Puerto Rico this week to highlight how the Department of the Interior is supporting locally led, landscape-scale conservation projects on the island with investments from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.

The Department of the Interior today announced that more than $120 million from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda will fund 146 projects to help Tribal communities...

Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis today toured several projects in Southern California funded through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda that will address legacy pollution and advance drought resilience.

The Biden-Harris administration today released the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2025. Following historic progress made since the President took office—with nearly 15 million jobs created and inflation down two-thirds—the Budget protects and builds on this progress by lowering costs for working families, protecting and strengthening Social Security and Medicare, investing in America and the American people, and reducing the deficit by cracking down on fraud, cutting wasteful spending, and making the wealthy and corporations pay their fair share.

The Department of the Interior today announced the establishment of the Everglades to Gulf Conservation Area in southwest Florida as the 571st and newest unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System, which is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.