interior.gov - 2/10/2009
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WASHINGTON, D.C. Saying he needed to restore order to a broken process, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced his strategy for developing an offshore energy plan that includes both conventional and renewable resources. His strategy calls for extending the public comment period on ...
msnbc.msn.com - 2/10/2009
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msnbc.msn.com —
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration on Tuesday overturned
another Bush-era energy policy, setting aside a draft plan...
to allow drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. "To establish an orderly process that allows us to make wise decisions based ...
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Bush-era offshore drilling plan shelved - Environment- ...
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 2/5/2009
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gatewaypundit.blogspot.com —
Barack Obama wrote today about "The Actions America
Needs" including a strategy to free America from its...
dependence on foreign oil. But, actions speak louder than words. Yesterday, Barack Obama's Interior Secretary Ken Salazar cancelled oil and ...
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Change!... Team Obama Scraps Oil and Gas Leases In Utah ...
sfgate.com - 2/10/2009
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sfgate.com —
On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar ordered the
plan be put on hold while his agency conducts...
a 180-day review of the country's offshore oil and gas resources. Salazar's critical comments about the plan signaled that the new administration will ...
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Salazar puts coastal drilling plans on hold
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Salazar Makes Clean Break From Bush’s Midnight ‘Headlong Rush’ Into Offshore Drilling
Wonk Room —
... Announcing that “the time for reform has arrived,” Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar set aside the Bush administration’s “midnight timetable” for offshore drilling. “On Friday, January 16, its last business day in office,” Salazar explained in today’s press conference, “the Bush Administration proposed a new five year plan for offshore oil and gas leasing.” The Bush plan called for the completion of meetings and hearings by March 23. Salazar decried this “broken process”: ...
Salazar makes clean break from Bush’s midnight ‘headlong rush’ into offshore drilling.
Think Progress —
... . Salazar sharply rebuked the “headlong rush of the worst kind” put in place in Bush’s final week in office. Announcing that “the time for reform has arrived,” Salazar explained that he “will extend the public comment period by 180 days, get a report on offshore energy resources, hold regional conferences, and expedite rulemaking for ...
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New scrutiny for Interior unit
denverpost.com 1/30/2009 — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Thursday that he has ordered a re-examination of the scandalized Interior Department division based in Lakewood, including why the U.S. Justice Department did not pursue more criminal prosecutions.
Ken Salazar Gets Interior
boomantribune.com 12/16/2008 — Well, if you were looking for a progressive to fill the position of Secretary of Interior, you will be disappointed to learn that Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) has been selected. On the other hand, if you are interested in seeing a more progressive Senate, ...
U.S. Department of the Interior - Welcome
doi.gov 5/1/2009 — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Ken Salazar, a fifth generation Coloradan, was confirmed as the 50th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior on January 20, 2009, in a unanimous vote by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his confirmation, Salazar ...
Ken Salazar Accepts Secretary of Interior
openleft.com 12/16/2008 — Via Quick Hits , Ken Salazar will become Secretary of the Interior :
Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar has accepted an offer to become Barrack Obama's Interior Secretary, CBS station KCNC-TV in Denver's Raj Chohan confirmed on Monday.
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Salazar poised to head Interior - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 12/15/2008 — U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar is a leading contender to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of the Interior, two sources have confirmed. Reuters News Service used even stronger language in a report Sunday, saying Salazar had become the top ...
Salazar poised to head Interior - The Denver Post
denverpost.com 12/15/2008 — U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar is a leading contender to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of the Interior, two sources have confirmed. Reuters News Service used even stronger language in a report Sunday, saying Salazar had become the top ...
White House puts coastal drilling plans on hold
sfgate.com 2/10/2009 — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar put the plan on hold Tuesday while his agency conducts a 180-day review. But Salazar's critical comments about the proposal made clear that the new administration will rewrite it if not completely scrap it. "It opened ...
Salazar rejects Bush drilling plan
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Yahoo! News: Politics News 2/10/2009
AP - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has rejected a Bush administration plan to open vast waters off the Pacific and Atlantic coasts to oil and gas drilling, promising "a new way forward" in offshore energy development including new wind projects.
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