WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: To improve permitting of geothermal energy exploration on public lands, the Bureau of Land Management today adopted two existing categorical exclusions from the United States Forest Service and the Department of the Navy. The categorical exclusions will enable the agency to expedite the review and approval of geothermal exploration proposals. "Geothermal en  more

PALM SPRINGS, California, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management today announced that the Sunlight Storage II Battery Energy Storage System is now fully operational. The battery energy storage system adds an additional 300 megawatts (MW) of energy storage to the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in eastern Riverside County, bringing the total energy storage capacity of the project to 5  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today a $3.1 million investment from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to restore wildlife habitat areas in six western states. This funding is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, which is creating good-paying jobs, advancing climate resilience and restoring our nation's lands a  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: Red Flag-Alaska 24-1, a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored exercise, is scheduled to begin April 18 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through May 3. Red Flag-Alaska is designed to provide realistic training in a simulated combat environment. Approximately 2,000 service members are expected to fly, maintain and supp  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Alaska Fisheries Science Center issued the following feature story: * * * Researchers created a "one-stop shop" for information critical to conserving the highly vulnerable Pacific sleeper shark. * * * The Pacific sleeper shark is the largest shark in Alaska, and possibly the largest predatory fish in the ocean. It is also one of the most vulnerable of all managed fish stocks in Alaska waters. "Yet we st  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a coalition he is leading have filed a motion to stay the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new methane emissions rule. Filed Friday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the motion follows a petition introduced last month by Drummond and the coalition of 24 state attorneys general and a stat  more

JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska, April 16 -- The U.S. Air Force's 27th Special Operations Wing issued the news release: By Senior Airman Drew Cyburt, 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs The frigid wind whipped passed U.K. Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Tom Keating's face, every exhale visible for a few moments before being stolen by the wind. Taking calculated strides, ice crunching beneath his boots, Keating looked toward the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Training Center, Alaska,  more