![]() ![]() Methane leaking from many unplugged oil and gas wells is a serious safety hazard and significant cause of climate change. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management Laura Daniel Davis joined Administration leaders at the first-ever White House Methane Summit this week to discuss the urgent need to dramatically reduce methane emissions as a way to protect public health, create good-paying jobs and advance the Administration’s climate agenda. Interior this week announced a $152 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that will bring clean, reliable drinking water to communities across the West through six water storage and conveyance projects. The projects in California, Colorado and Washington are expected to develop at least 1.7 million acre-feet of additional water storage capacity, enough water to support 6.8 million people for a year. The designation came on what would have been Emmett's 82nd birthday. The new national monument includes places that were central to Emmett Till’s racially motivated murder, the acquittal of his murderers and the subsequent activism by his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, that helped catalyze the civil rights movement. President Biden designated the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument this week, which protects three historic sites in Illinois and Mississippi that will help tell a more complete story of our country’s history. ![]() The delegation also visited the Republic of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia, two of the Freely Associated States of the Pacific the Secretary met with leadership and discussed the extension of economic assistance and programs that increase climate resiliency. Both territories are recovering from Typhoon Mawar and each face the long-term challenges of climate change and aging infrastructure. In Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Secretary stressed the Administration’s ongoing commitment through the President’s Investing in America agenda. Secretary Haaland and Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen Cantor wrapped up a week-long trip to the Pacific Islands this week. ![]() ![]() Fish and Wildlife Service, and.you’re watching This Week at Interior! This is Kyla Hastie, Acting Northeast Regional Director of the U.S. ![]()
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