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Newsom signs law removing ‘squaw’ across California. What it means for Squaw Valley

FRENSO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a state bill on Friday, California Native American Day, that will remove the word “squaw,” now widely considered a slur, from California places by 2025.

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Hundreds of places have removed ‘squaw’ from name. Why not the town in Fresno County?

FRESNO, Calif. — The rural town of Squaw Valley in eastern Fresno County is now facing federal, state and local efforts to change its name as part of a national push to remove the word “squaw” from places across the United States.

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Interior Department renaming sites containing Native slur

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24 states get $560M for high-priority cleanup of wells

The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning high-priority oil and gas wells abandoned on state and private land

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Ryan Zinke caught lying "several times"

Zinke and his former chief of staff didn't comply with their “duty of candor” in casino scandal, IG says

Salon

Watchdog: Trump Interior Secretary Zinke lied in casino case - Roll Call

Ryan Zinke, who is running for a House seat, knowingly misled federal investigators, according to the Interior Department inspector general.

Roll Call

After the climate bill: Three big steps

Biden's big bill is a breakthrough on energy — but there's a long way to go. These three steps should come next

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Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit

Advocates for wild horses accuse federal land managers of illegally approving plans for the largest U.S. holding facility for thousands of mustangs captured on public rangeland in 10 Western states

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Biden’s freeze on oil, gas leases on public land is reinstated — for now

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden won temporary permission to once again pause energy leasing on federal lands and waters, after a U.S. appeals court found a trial judge’s order against the moratorium too vague to review.

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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced new emergency water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico as the nation’s two largest reservoirs decline to perilously low levels.

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As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it would continue to work with affected states and tribes to reach an agreement.

Los Angeles Times

Murkowski presses Interior to advance drilling in Alaska's Cook Inlet, boost wildfire mitigation

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski urged the Interior Department to advance drilling in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and distribute wildfire prevention funding during a Senate hearing Wednesday.

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Localize It: Secretary Haaland begins 'Road to Healing' tour

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Park Police radio channels unrecorded for years, watchdog says

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Park Police for years did not record radio communications on audio channels it used to operate and coordinate between officers, a violation of federal and department policies, an independent watchdog said Wednesday.

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New offshore oil and gas drilling

This is the third time the Biden administration has announced new oil and gas leasing plans before a holiday

The Independent UK

1st Native American treasurer to push economic development

The nation’s first Native American U.S. treasurer comes from a line of chiefs who instilled the importance of keeping her tribe healthy and “leaving fooprints” to follow for those who come behind

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The U.S. is reckoning with its troubled past of Indian boarding schools

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and tribal leaders are advocating for a congressional commission to examine the impacts of the federal Native American forced-assimilation policy.

The Independent UK

President Biden nominates 1st Native American US treasurer

A Native American has been nominated to be U.S. treasurer, a historic first

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As Colorado River reservoirs drop, Western states urged to ‘act now’

With the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs continuing to drop to new lows, the federal government has taken the unprecedented step of telling the seven Western states that rely on the river to find ways of drastically cutting the amount of water they take in the next two months.

The Independent UK

US adds $103M for wildfire hazards and land rehabilitation

The U.S. is adding $103 million this year for wildfire risk reduction and burned-area rehabilitation throughout the country as well as establishing an interagency wildland firefighter well-being program

The Denver Post

National parks to phase out plastic bottles and single-use products, Interior Department says

DENVER — America’s national parks and other federally managed lands will phase out sales of plastic bottles and single-use products in the hopes of cutting pollution, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced this week.

The Independent UK

Interior phasing out plastic water bottles at national parks

The Interior Department says it will phase out sales of plastic water bottles and other single-use products at national parks and on other public lands over the next decade, targeting a major source of U.S. pollution

Los Angeles Times

9th Circuit Court blocks permits for fracking off California coast

LOS ANGELES — The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday blocked fracking off the California coast, ruling that the federal government must complete a full environmental review before approving permits for such offshore oil drilling platforms.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: How the stench of corruption from Trump's administration persists to the present day

The Trump administration may be gone from Washington, but the acrid stench of corruption lives on.

The Independent UK

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