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Toronto Star
6 days ago
- Business
- Toronto Star
EnviroGold Global: Unlocking America's Critical Metals
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EnviroGold Global Limited (CSE: NVRO | OTCQB: ESGLF | FSE: YGK), ('EnviroGold,' or the 'Company'), a clean technology company specialising in reprocessing mine waste to recover precious, base and strategic metals, welcomes U.S. Department of the Interior Executive Order No. 3436 as a transformational policy development to accelerate the Company's strategic growth and technology deployment opportunities in North America. On July 23, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Interior issued Order No. 3436 titled ' Unlocking Critical and Strategic Minerals from Mine Waste '. The Order implements key provisions of the United States bipartisan national security and energy independence strategy and provides for the following:
See - Sada Elbalad
04-07-2025
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
Trump Raises National Park Entrance Fees for Foreign Visitors
Taarek Refaat In a move that has drawn attention for its dual impact on both public finance and tourism, U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday raising entrance fees for foreign visitors to the nation's national parks. The decision comes at a time when the Trump administration is also proposing significant cuts to the budget of the National Park Service (NPS). The White House issued a statement saying that the additional revenue generated by the fee increases will be used to fund environmental conservation projects and address delayed maintenance work aimed at improving facilities within the country's national parks. The administration anticipates that this policy could generate hundreds of millions of dollars to help cover the costs of these initiatives. "The goal is to reinvest in our national parks by enhancing the visitor experience, improving infrastructure, and preserving these iconic landscapes for future generations," said the White House statement. The executive order directs the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees the National Park Service, to raise fees for foreign visitors. However, specific details about the fee hikes or their implementation date were not disclosed. It remains unclear how many of the 433 national park sites managed by the NPS will be affected by this change, though only about 100 parks currently charge entrance fees, with prices varying widely across locations. This development comes on the heels of the Trump administration's proposal to slash more than $1 billion from the National Park Service's budget for the fiscal year 2026, a cut of over one-third compared to the previous year's funding. The proposed reduction in the budget has raised concerns about the long-term sustainability of the parks' operations and conservation efforts. Despite the financial pressures, national parks have seen a surge in visitors in recent years. Last year, a record 331 million visitors flocked to U.S. national parks, a 6 million increase from 2023, highlighting the continued popularity of these public lands among both Americans and international tourists. The fee hike for foreign visitors is seen as part of a broader trend of cost-cutting and revenue-generation measures employed by the Trump administration, which has faced criticism for reducing funding for public services, including environmental programs. Some critics have argued that the increased fees could deter international tourists from visiting U.S. parks, potentially impacting the broader tourism industry. read more CBE: Deposits in Local Currency Hit EGP 5.25 Trillion Morocco Plans to Spend $1 Billion to Mitigate Drought Effect Gov't Approves Final Version of State Ownership Policy Document Egypt's Economy Expected to Grow 5% by the end of 2022/23- Minister Qatar Agrees to Supply Germany with LNG for 15 Years Business Oil Prices Descend amid Anticipation of Additional US Strategic Petroleum Reserves Business Suez Canal Records $704 Million, Historically Highest Monthly Revenue Business Egypt's Stock Exchange Earns EGP 4.9 Billion on Tuesday Business Wheat delivery season commences on April 15 News Israeli-Linked Hadassah Clinic in Moscow Treats Wounded Iranian IRGC Fighters News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks News "Tensions Escalate: Iran Probes Allegations of Indian Tech Collaboration with Israeli Intelligence" Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Yahoo
National Park Service seeks public feedback on ‘un-American' information or behavior
PENINSULA, Ohio (WJW) — New signs are posted at various locations within national parks across the country, asking for the public's feedback to report 'un-American' activity. The National Park Service signs read: 'Feedback is needed for any areas that need repair, services that need improvement or anything that's negative in nature toward past or living Americans.' The message has sparked controversy among some visitors, who believe it's an attempt to change historical narratives. Ohio campground named the best in Midwest 'History is history,' said Pat Carrigan of Boulder, Colorado. 'These seem to be efforts to whitewash history.' 'Just want it to be true and accurate,' said David Sheeham of Rushville, Indiana. 'I don't really see what could be un-American about a national park,' said Megan Minges of Cincinnati. Visitors to Cuyahoga Valley National Park have taken notice of the new signs, which ask guests for feedback. The U.S. Department of the Interior said it wants to know if something needs repair, if services should be improved, or if there are any signs or other negative information about past or living Americans. Cuyahoga Valley National Park Public Information Officer Pamela Barnes sent a statement to FOX 8 News explaining the system: 'This effort reaffirms the NPS mission by emphasizing the importance of accuracy in how we tell stories of American history,' Barnes said via email. 'Our visitors come to national parks to celebrate the beauty, abundance and grandeur of America's landscapes and extraordinary multicultural heritage. This allows them to personally connect with these special places, free of any partisan ideology. At Cuyahoga Valley National Park, we posted the sign in the lobbies of Boston Mill Visitor Center and Canal Exploration Center. It is also posted in the bulletin boards of our ten busiest trailheads.' The feedback system is part of President Donald Trump's executive order titled Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History. Crystal Davis, senior Midwest regional director of the National Parks Conservation Association — a nonprofit that advocates for the parks — said she is disheartened and concerned by the new policy. She believes it aims to present an incomplete picture of American history. 'Omitting a part of our history or attempting to erase our history does not make it untrue,' Davis said. 'At NPCA, we have been focused on telling full stories. We understand that the American story is complex and full of highs and lows, and we are resilient people who have gone through a lot. But it's imperative that we make sure we tell that full story because you don't know where you're going unless you know where you've been.' Davis said it's unclear whether the feedback will result in repercussions for staff or rangers, but she worries it could add more strain to park employees, especially as funding and staff positions have recently been cut. The executive order seeks to reverse changes made to public monuments, memorials, statues, markers or similar properties within the Interior Department's jurisdiction after Jan. 1, 2020. The order reads, in part: 'The prior administration sponsored training by an organization that advocates dismantling 'Western foundations' and 'interrogating institutional racism' and pressured National Historical Park rangers that their racial identity should dictate how they convey history to visiting Americans because America is purportedly racist.' At Cuyahoga Valley National Park, many visitors said they aren't paying much attention to the signs, which are relatively small and easy to miss. Still, those who did see them had a range of reactions. 'They don't want you to talk about anything negative that happened in America,' said Judy Coleman of Northeast Ohio. 'Although, that's how we learn things — that's how we learn from our mistakes.' Bagworm outbreak threat growing in Ohio, OSU warns Sheeham said that's very important. 'It's who we are, you know? And it's what's going on in the lifetime of America that we know,' he said. 'Good or bad. Been plenty of bad, along with the good.' Carrigan is 'troubled' by 'efforts to try to change history.' Several visitors said politics should stay out of the parks. One man noted that this is one place where it shouldn't matter whether someone is a Republican or a Democrat. Minges pointed out another sign that said 'Welcome' in many languages. 'That's what we should be doing — welcoming everyone to look at our national parks, to see the beauty of the national parks,' Minges said. 'Not everybody is going to be speaking English. This is what we should be having on every door.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
As Trump officials visit Alaska, feds announce plans to remove some restrictions on Arctic drilling
A few snow drifts remain on June 18, 2004, on the Arctic coastal plain of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. (Photo by Craig McCaa/U.S. Bureau of Land Management) The Trump administration plans to lift environmental protections on roughly half of the National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska's North Slope, reopening the area to possible oil and gas drilling. The new move would reverse actions taken during the Biden administration to restrict development in the 23 million-acre reserve. The plans, announced Sunday in Utqiagvik and formally on Monday by the U.S. Department of the Interior, open a public comment period, with final action to come later. The plans were announced as three of the Trump administration's top officials visit Alaska. U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, and Lee Zeldin, administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, are in Alaska this week for a series of events, including a speaking engagement at Gov. Mike Dunleavy's annual sustainable energy conference, which begins Tuesday in Anchorage. During a brief question-and-answer session with reporters on Sunday, U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, sat alongside the three cabinet members and called the effort to restrict development in NPR-A the 'most egregious effort of the Biden administration,' adding that 'one of the top priorities is to get the NPRA back to where it was supposed to be by the intention of Congress, to develop oil and to remove all the regulations that the Biden guys put on NPR-A, and that is a huge priority.' While large oil companies have expressed little interest to date in drilling within the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which lies to the east of the Prudhoe Bay oil fields, there has been interest in drilling within the reserve, which lies to the west. Since the first days of the second Trump administration, federal officials have said that they are prioritizing an effort to eliminate obstacles for companies interested in digging or drilling for natural resources in Alaska. Burgum, Wright and Zeldin traveled to the North Slope after meeting with state officials in Anchorage on Sunday and were scheduled to tour Pump Station No. 1 of the trans-Alaska Pipeline System before returning to Anchorage on Tuesday to participate in the governor's energy conference. The two-hour Anchorage event was largely closed to the public, but reporters were able to listen to closing remarks and ask limited questions at the end. There were no new details about the potential construction of a trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, and officials did not address the Trump administration's decision to freeze or rescind grants awarded to renewable energy projects in Alaska. Burgum, speaking in Anchorage, noted that Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport offers direct flights to 16 countries and talked about the 'rise of the Pacific' in terms of global commerce. 'Alaska can play such a huge role in this, but we've got to get the federal government out of your way. That's what the three of us are here to do,' he said. In response to a question, Burgum said the administration plans to prioritize development of the planned Ambler Road, a 211-mile mining access road through the Brooks Range, and the proposed King Cove Road, an 11-mile road connecting King Cove to the Cold Bay airport, among other projects. On Monday, environmental groups responded to the NPR-A decision with scorn and concern. Grandmothers Growing Goodness, an environmental group that supports Indigenous communities in the Arctic, said that the repeal of the Biden administration protections would significantly impact Teshekpuk Lake and its surroundings, which are important for the Teshekpuk caribou herd. 'The area is also integral to Indigenous subsistence practices, supporting hunting, fishing, and gathering,' they said, in an email statement with the announcement Protest demonstrations are planned in Anchorage for Monday and Tuesday to oppose the proposed Alaska LNG pipeline project and 'other fossil fuel projects promoted by Gov. Dunleavy's 'sustainable energy conference,'' according to organizers. 'It's hard to overstate the havoc this could wreak on the Western Arctic's undisturbed habitat for caribou, polars bears and belugas,' said Marlee Goska, Alaska attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. 'Trump's fixation on plundering Alaska's ecosystems for short-term gain is matched only by the stupidity of turning this precious place into a fossil fuel extraction site. Alaska's vast expanses of wild lands are a big part of what makes our state so special, and we'll do everything possible to protect these places.'
Miami Herald
20-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Donald Trump Allows Major $5 Billion Wind Farm Project to Go Ahead
President Donald Trump has lifted a federal halt on Equinor's Empire Wind, a $5 billion wind farm off the coast of New York. The U.S. Department of the Interior imposed the stop-work order last month, saying information suggested the Biden administration approved the project without enough environmental analysis. The project, called Empire Wind 1, is a centerpiece of New York's renewable energy strategy and is expected to one day provide power for half a million New York homes. Equinor, a Norwegian firm, announced the Trump administration's decision to reverse the stop order on Monday, Reuters reported. New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement, "I want to thank President Trump for his willingness to work with me to save the 1,500 good paying union jobs that were on the line and helping get this essential project back on track." "I knew this critical project needed to move forward and have spent weeks pushing the federal government to rescind the stop work order to allow the workers to return and ensure this important source of renewable power could come to fruition," Hochul said. "New York's economic future is going to be powered by abundant, clean energy that helps our homes and businesses thrive," she continued. "I fought to save clean energy jobs in New York—and we got it done." Equinor purchased the Empire Wind lease in 2017, during Trump's first administration, and the Biden administration approved the project in 2023. Equinor said it spent $50 million weekly to keep the project afloat during the suspension. The project, which is set to use wind turbines from Vestas, is now 30 percent complete, the company said. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum issued the stop order on April 16, citing a report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that assessed the effects on marine mammals and fisheries. The U.S. has four operating offshore wind farms under construction: Empire Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind off the coast of New York and Revolution Wind off the coast of Rhode Island. Equinor CEO Anders Opedal said in a statement: "I would like to thank President Trump for finding a solution that saves thousands of American jobs and provides for continued investments in energy infrastructure in the U.S." New York Governor Kathy Hochul said in a statement: "After countless conversations with Equinor and White House officials, bringing labor and business to the table to emphasize the importance of this project, I'm pleased that President Trump and Secretary Burgum have agreed to lift the stop work order and allow this project to move forward. Now, Equinor will resume the construction of this fully-permitted project that had already received the necessary federal approvals." With federal approval restored, Equinor is expected to move forward with the project. It said it would work with suppliers and regulatory bodies to minimize the effects of the delay. Related Articles Zelensky Issues Defiant Three-Word Response to Trump-Putin CallEddie Vedder Trashes Donald Trump Amid President's Bruce Springsteen FeudIran's Supreme Leader Speaks Out on Nuclear Deal With TrumpNATO Ally Gives Blunt Assessment of Trump-Putin Call 2025 NEWSWEEK DIGITAL LLC.
