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'Watershed Moment' as Haaland Revokes Trump-Era Orders, Creates Climate Task Force
U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a pair of climate-related secretarial orders on Friday, April 16, 2021. (Photo: U.S. Department of the Interior)
Tribes, Conservationists Urge Haaland to Restore 'Sacred' National Monuments During Utah Visit
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
Interior Secretary Deb Haalands stands in Bears Ears National Monument in Utah.
Campaigners tell Biden's new Interior Secretary to undo the attack on Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante.
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Haaland Announces New Missing and Murdered Indigenous Unit at Interior
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is the first Native American Cabinet member in U.S. history. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
The department said the new unit will "put the full weight of the federal...
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'Unfortunate, If Not Unexpected': Biden Criticized for Resuming Public Land Drilling Permits
Kenny Stancil, staff writer
A gas drilling rig sits in an area of southeastern Utah managed by the Bureau of Land Management. (Photo: Richer Images/Construction Photography/Avalon/Getty Images)
"We call on President Biden to keep his promise: a full and complete ban on...
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Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)
'Historic and Hopeful Moment': Senate Confirms Haaland as Interior Secretary
Deb Haaland, nominee to be Interior Secretary, attends President Joe Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. (Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)
Schumer Vows to Push Through 'Republican Obstruction' and Confirm Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia and chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Representative Deb Haaland, a Democrat from New Mexico and secretary of the interior nominee, in Washington, D.C. on February 24, 2021.
'Glad That's Settled': Manchin Backs Haaland for Interior
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), President Joe Biden's nominee for interior secretary, speaks during her Senate confirmation hearing on February 23, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jim Watson-Pool/Getty Images)
After Trump Was Allowed to Let Lobbyist Run Interior Dept., Manchin Called to 'Do What's Right' and Confirm Haaland
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C.
'Right Person to Lead the Charge Against the Existential Threats of Our Time': Nearly 500 Groups Call for Haaland's Confirmation
Deb Haaland, nominee to be Interior Secretary, attends President Joe Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.
As Deb Haaland Faces GOP Backlash Over Role in Pipeline Protests, Progressives Say: 'Confirm Her Immediately'
An oil drilling rig operates on May 10, 2017 outside Richfield, Utah. (Photo: George Frey/Getty Images)
Now Make It 'Permanent': Environmental Groups Applaud Biden's Plan to Pause New Oil and Gas Leasing on Public Lands
As President Joe Biden prepares to announce a moratorium on new federal oil and gas leasing, the marine conservartion organization Oceana on Tuesday called on the president ot permanently protect the nation's coasts from offshore drilling. (Photo: Maersk Drilling/Flickr/cc)
On Eve of Fossil Fuel Lease Moratorium, Biden Urged to Permanently Protect US Coast From Offshore Drilling
In 'Brutal Blow' to Wildlife and Gift to Big Oil, Trump Finalizes Rollback of Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Gray wolves were delisted from the Endangered Species Act on January 4, 2021. (Photo: Chad Horwedel/Flickr/cc)
Despite 'Meager Numbers,' Trump Administration Removes Gray Wolves From Endangered Species List
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks at a press conference at the Longworth Office Building on September 10, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Green New Deal Network)
'A Perfect Choice': Progressives Applaud Biden Pick of Deb Haaland for Interior
Climate Action, Indigenous Rights Groups Among Those Championing Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary

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Environment America
Secretarial Orders Will Protect Public Lands and Waters
Western Environmental Law Center
Sec. Haaland Secretarial Orders Help Restore Integrity to Interior, U.S. Leadership on Climate
Center for Biological Diversity
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Oil Change International
OCI Reaction to Interior Department Forum on Federal Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Environment America
Public Forum on Federal Oil and Gas Program Should Be First Step Toward a Permanent Ban
Center for Biological Diversity
Legal Petition Asks Biden Administration to Extend Offshore Oil Leasing Halt
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Robert C. Koehler
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With Deb Haaland Leading the Interior Department, Perhaps the United States Has Begun to Grow up Ecologically
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Deb Haaland Attacked by Fossil Fuel Industry
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Mike Lux
When Justice and Politics Match: Deb Haaland Should Be Biden’s Interior Secretary
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Tim Whitehouse
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150 Attacks on Science and Counting: Trump Administration’s Anti-Science Actions Hurt People and Communities Nationwide
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