Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Protections for Ruby Mountains
ELKO, Nev., Dec. 30, 2024 — Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced steps to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, one of the state’s most unique landscapes. In response to requests from Tribes, conservationists, sportsman and the local community, the Department of the Interior is initiating consideration of a 20-year withdrawal of the Ruby Mountain area from operation of the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The U.S.
Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Protections for Ruby Mountains
ELKO, Nev., Dec. 30, 2024 — Today, the Biden-Harris administration announced steps to protect Nevada’s Ruby Mountains, one of the state’s most unique landscapes. In response to requests from Tribes, conservationists, sportsman and the local community, the Department of the Interior is initiating consideration of a 20-year withdrawal of the Ruby Mountain area from operation of the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights. The U.S.
International intermodal market enters “constrained” 2025: analyst
The considerable intermodal ocean volumes that ordinarily would have moved in 2025 have likely been pulled forward into 2024, writes analyst Larry Gross.
US Gulf Coast ports expanding to handle continued volume growth
With volumes likely to increase again in 2025, new port infrastructure across the region should help maintain fluidity throughout the coming year.
Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Protections for the Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek Watershed
WASHINGTON, Dec 26, 2024 -- Today, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has signed Public Land Order 7956, finalizing protections for the Pactola Reservoir–Rapid Creek Watershed on the Black Hills National Forest from the potential effects of mineral exploration and development. This order follows a request from the U.S. Forest Service to close 20,510 acres of National Forest System land to sale or exchange and mineral entry and leasing, for a 20-year period, subject to valid existing rights.
La administración Biden-Harris ultima las protecciones para la cuenca hidrográfica de Pactola Reservoir—Rapid Creek
WASHINGTON, 26 de diciembre de 2024 -- Hoy, la Secretaria del Interior, Deb Haaland, firmó la Orden de Tierras Públicas 7956 , que finaliza las protecciones para la cuenca hidrográfica Pactola Reservoir–Rapid Creek en el Bosque Nacional Black Hills contra los posibles efectos de la exploración y el desarrollo minero. Esta orden surge de una solicitud del Servicio Forestal de los EE. UU.
Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Program to Support Wood Processing Facilities and Help Reduce Wildfire Threats
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23, 2024 – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled a new program to support American wood processing facilities. USDA Rural Development is partnering with USDA Forest Service to provide funding through the new Timber Production Expansion Guaranteed Loan Program (TPEP).
United States Prevails in USMCA Dispute on Biotech Corn
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2024 – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today announced that the United States has prevailed in its dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) challenging certain Mexican biotechnology measures concerning genetically engineered (GE) corn. The USMCA panel agreed with the United States on all seven legal claims, finding that Mexico’s measures are not based on science and undermine the market access that Mexico agreed to provide in the USMCA.