The Biden administration is revising policy directives and issuing a national security memorandum to strengthen US critical infrastructure defense against cyber threats from China and Russia.
The Biden administration is restricting drilling on millions of acres of government-owned lands in Alaska — and taking the penultimate step toward blocking a mining access road in the same state. The administration announced on Friday that it would block off oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres in the Western Arctic that are []
The Biden administration said Wednesday that it will give more than $26.9 million in grants in support of clean energy projects across the country. “Energy efficient upgrades are a surefire way to bring down costs and shore up resiliency for communities across the nation,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a press release from her
A group of at least 90 lawyers, including 20 who work in the Biden administration, are urging President Biden to cut off military aid to Israel because its slaughter in Gaza doesn’t comply with US and international law. The attorneys will make their case in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland that was obtained … Continue reading "Attorneys Inside the Biden Administration Urge US To Cut Off Israel"
This uptick in pollution is largely driven by wildfires, alongside prevailing issues of drought and extreme heat.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of
By MATTHEW BROWN (Associated Press) BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday finalized a new rule for public land management that’s meant to put conservation on more equal footing with oil drilling, grazing and other extractive industries on vast government-owned properties. Officials pushed past strong opposition from private industry and Republican governors to […]
About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully implemented.
Millions of salaried workers will soon qualify for overtime pay under a final rule released by the US Department of Labor on Tuesday. The new rule raises the salary threshold under which salaried employees are eligible for overtime in two stages. The threshold will increase to the equivalent of an annual salary of $43,888, or $844 a week, starting July 1, and then to $58,656, or $1,128 a week, on January 1, 2025. About 4 million more workers will qualify for overtime when the rule is fully...
The National Science Foundation, under President Joe Biden‘s administration, gave $2 million to help five universities bring DEI efforts into sectors of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The larger effort, receiving the lion’s share of the $2 million, is going toward Marine and Climate Sciences, which is described by the grant recipients as “some of […]
In a sweeping win for climate and environmental advocates, the Biden administration on Friday finalized a rule to ban fossil fuel drilling on nearly half of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, alongside other major conservation actions. The Interior Department will block oil drilling on over 13 million acres in the Western Arctic, including about 40% of the land of the NPR-A – a remote area that is home to protected animal species including polar bears and caribou. The reserve is more than...
WASHINGTON – The Biden-Harris administration today announced a final rule