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During a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee FY 2024 budget oversight hearing today, U.S. Interior Sec. Deb Haaland heard concerns and fielded questions related to offshore energy access. Chairman Joe Manchin (D-WV) reiterated his support for offshore oil and gas lease sales mandated by the Inflation Reduction Act and the requirement that offshore renewable energy leasing [...]

NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research today announced that it is seeking nominations by Thursday, June 15 from individuals interested in serving on the agency’s Science Advisory Board and have expertise in the following: artificial intelligence and machine learning in the fields of weather and climate, environmental remote sensing, engineering for coastal resilience, social and behavioral sciences, and [...]

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced the availability of an Environmental Studies Program Hub that provides public access to the agency’s ocean science research.  BOEM called the Hub “a new paradigm for scientific information discovery,” and noted its “intuitive user interface.” The Hub includes themes for biological sciences (32), chemical sciences (6), physical sciences (14), and social sciences [...]

NOAA today announced the release of the 2022 Status of Stocks report, which summarizes efforts to rebuild and recover domestic fisheries by evaluating over 490 NOAA-managed stocks.  Between 2021 and 2022, the number of stocks on the overfishing list fell from 26 to 24, while the number of overfished stocks dropped from 51 to 48. NOAA Administrator [...]

During a U.S. House Natural Resources Energy & Minerals Subcommittee budget oversight hearing today, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Liz Klein testified along with the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Deputy Director Paul Huang and the Director of the U.S. Geological Survey. Among other things, Republicans underscored the importance of offshore oil and gas, stressed the need for [...]

The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today announced its request for information and nominations by Monday, June 12 regarding potential commercial wind energy development in ~9.8 million acres in the Gulf of Maine off Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. As part of the comment period, BOEM specifically seeks comments on the suitability of the following areas for potential [...]

In a Proclamation issued today commemorating April 22, 2023 as Earth Day, President Biden called climate change “a clear and present danger” and asked Americans to “reflect on the need to protect our precious Earth; to heed the call to combat our climate and biodiversity crises while growing the economy; and to keep working for [...]

President Biden on today issued an Executive Order on Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All, which calls for advancing environmental justice by implementing and enforcing environmental and civil rights laws, preventing pollution, addressing climate change and its effects, cleaning up legacy pollution, investing in and supporting culturally vibrant, sustainable, and resilient communities, [...]

NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service today announced that it is seeking comments by Monday, May 22 on its proposal to authorize Attentive Energy, LLC to take small numbers of 15 species of marine mammals by Level B harassment incidental to high-resolution geophysical surveys off New York and New Jersey in the New York Bight.  The surveys [...]

The Environmental Protection Agency today announced that public listening sessions will be held on Thursday Apr. 27 and Thursday, May 25 in order to provide information on $25 million in Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding to support clean water in underserved Gulf of Mexico communities.  EPA is also interested in receiving public input on [...]