The Department of the Interior has announced new leadership, former EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has joined The Heritage Foundation, and Blake Rollins has been selected to serve as Missouri Farm Bureau’s chief administrative officer.

President Joe Biden has nominated Doug Parker to be the assistant secretary for occupational safety and health at the Department of Labor and plans to nominate Republican Cindy McCain as the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. World Food Programme.

Bureau of Land Management decisions made since July 29, 2019, are now vulnerable following a federal judge’s decision that acting BLM director William Perry Pendley was not serving in his position legally.

IFPRI taps Swinnen, Darigold brings on a new chief information officer, and American Farmland Trust brings on a new policy director.

Reorganization plans at the Departments of Interior and Energy did not get a warm reception at the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee last week, with senators particularly concerned about the administration's proposal to eliminate the Advanced Research Projects Agency within the Department of Energy (ARPA-E).

Navajo Generating Station (NGS) will continue operating for two more years before retiring the coal-fired power plant.