This Week at Interior May 24, 2024

This Week: Secretary Haaland meets with community members about California's proposed Chuckwalla National Monument; there's new funding on the way to take on the cleanup of orphaned wells in California and New Mexico; Interior announces more than half a billion dollars to revitalize aging water delivery systems across the West; the President’s Investing in America agenda and America the Beautiful initiative are helping restore ecosystems in Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Interior leaders sign a new agreement for better water conservation and drought resilience in California’s San Joaquin Valley; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and student conservationists celebrate a milestone in Colorado; bicycle and foot traffic are moving again along a newly-reopened stretch of Virginia's Mount Vernon Trail; and the hidden jewel of the Great Plains...it's also our social media Picture of the Week! Make sure you follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and RUclips!
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[@LOPolicyAdvocate]

Yessss to the proposed Chuckwalla National Monument! 🙌 Thank you @DOI and Sec. Haaland.

[@user-fe1pg5cf5u]

Thank you to all the hard workers making a better World. Nature is happy!

[@DeathValleyDazed]

It’s possible that Secretary Haaland will have accomplished more during her tenure than all previous Secretaries of the Interior combined? She gets the job done!

No, it's not.

[@DeathValleyDazed]

How effective do you perceive Secretary Haaland is so far?

[@williamhoward2731]

I wish to thank you for sharing this informational video with me . Amen

[@Genericnameperson]

Yeah boii

[@StarGouldKA]

Ty

[@ElijahcereRockabove]

Wow ❤❤❤

[@harleyzone1]

It seems American taxpayers are being held responsible for what these companies leave behind. Why are they not held to correct problems by posting bonds and/or mandatory insurance. So nice to see that all these serious conditions are being corrected but those that reaped the benefits should be held responsible not American Taxpayers.

[@dieselscience]

The issue is multi-faceted.
The companies pay extraction taxes going back to the days of the very first oil wells. Allocations WERE made just for the purpose of cleaning up. The problem is federal and state agencies from decades or centuries ago cannot obligate _future_ federal and state agencies not to spend the money in other places. Add to that the companies operated small wells back then are long gone.

[@williamneil8862]

Legacy pollution. That's some "legacy."