WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recent reporting has raised serious questions about Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s leadership of the Department of the Interior, describing an agency plagued by dysfunction, rampant staff departures, secrecy, and a management culture that has left career employees demoralized and sidelined. The reports allege that under Burgum’s leadership, experienced public … [continued]
Yesterday, the California Attorney General and California Energy Commission (CEC) filed a notice of intent to sue the Trump administration for its backroom deal that led to the cancellation of a major offshore wind project in exchange for out-of-state fossil fuel development. The CEC also issued a subpoena to Golden State Wind. The … [continued]
The French firm TotalEnergies will not build offshore wind farms in the US, but it's a big world out there. This is the Seagreen wind farm in Scotland, courtesy of TotalEnergies.
NORTHEAST — Today, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Vermont sued the Trump administration over the U.S. Department of the Interior’s $1 billion buyout of TotalEnergies’ offshore wind leases, a move that led the company to abandon its U.S. offshore wind projects in exchange for doubling down on … [continued]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a statement from Darren Van’t Hof, interim president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), after a federal court blocked enforcement of the Department of the Interior’s memo that has slowed permitting of solar and storage projects for months: “This ruling is a win … [continued]
In southeast Alaska, Malaspina Glacier spills out onto the coastal plain as a pancake of ice. Image courtesy of
Brandon Tober/University of Arizona
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior announced today it would revoke two public land orders to open more than two million acres of public lands in Alaska to drilling and mining. In an announcement late Friday afternoon, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued an order rescinding two land withdrawals north of … [continued]
ChatGPT generated panoramic image of the Esmeralda 7 site — sunlight still falling on an unbuilt field of potential energy
When the Bureau of Land Management quietly changed a single line on its website this month, almost nobody noticed. There was no press conference, no formal announcement, no congressional testimony. Yet with that edit, one of the largest clean energy projects in the world ceased to exist. Esmeralda 7, a … [continued]
The War On Renewables has reached a fever pitch in Washington as MAGA minions take their craziness to extreme new levels.
Lease areas have potential to power over 4.5 million homes WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced it will hold an offshore wind energy lease sale on Oct. 29, 2024, for eight areas on the Outer Continental Shelf off Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. If fully developed, these areas … [continued]
NPS employee on horseback talking to visitors in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Image from National Park Service, Public Domain.
Local economies in every state boosted by national park visitor spending WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of the Interior’s National Park Service released a that finds visitor spending in communities near national parks in 2023 resulted in a record high $55.6 billion benefit to the nation’s economy and supported 415,400 … [continued]
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is addressing legacy pollution, spurring economic growth nationwide WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced the availability of $775 million for 21 states to clean up legacy pollution through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda. These historic resources to clean up orphaned oil and gas … [continued]
