Gale Norton

Gale Norton: Interior Ethics Probe A Waste Of Money

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Former Interior Secretary Gale Norton says the Obama administration "wasted millions of taxpayer dollars" in a now closed probe of ...

Marcus Baram

Interior Secretaries Under Bush And Obama Exposed By House Panel For Lax Oversight Of Oil Drilling

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011

Scroll down for the memo A tough new memo from a House committee probing the Gulf oil spill exposes the Interior Department under Presidents Bush and...

Jane Norton Poll Numbers Are High Because There's So Many Nortons In The Colorado GOP: Tom Wiens

POLITICO | DAVID CATANESE | Posted 05.25.2011

High name recognition can be helpful to almost any candidate in a competitive campaign, but Colorado Senate hopeful Tom Wiens thinks it's the singular...

Bush-Era Interior Department Secretary Gale Norton Worked With Shell To

latimes.com | Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Reporting from Washington - The Obama Interior Department is reviewing a decision made by the Bush administration in its final days that attempted to...

BioBlitz: An Answer to Government Inaction

Nicole Rosmarino | Posted 05.25.2011

Nicole Rosmarino

With a lawsuit yesterday, and a petition today, we've begun actions for species across the nation to force Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to use our endangered species law.

Ken Salazar Calls For Investigation Into Bush-Era Polices

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 05.25.2011

SALT LAKE CITY — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called Tuesday for an investigation into last-minute changes made by the administration of Presi...

Colorado's Top 5 Scandals of 2009

Luis Toro | Posted 05.25.2011

Luis Toro

Here are the five scandals, from Scott McInnis' damning voice mail to Gale Norton's questionable oil industry work, we thought deserved to be remembered as we enter a new year.

Oil Shale Regulations: Judge Grants More Time To Resolve Controversial Bush-Era Rules

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

A Colorado U.S. District Court judge has granted an extension until Nov. 16 for federal government attorneys trying to reach a settlement with environ...

Gale Norton, Former Interior Secretary, Is Focus Of Corruption Probe

Los Angeles Times | Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer | Posted 05.25.2011

The Justice Department is investigating whether former Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton illegally used her position to benefit Royal Dutch Shell PLC,...

A Very 21st-Century Scandal

Carl Pope | Posted 05.25.2011

Carl Pope

Instead of business providing men who worked for the government with women, it was women who worked for the government that were having sex with oil-industry agents.

In Obama's America, Road to Power No Longer Runs Through Law Firms

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Glenn Hurowitz

Lawyers will soon have to choose: spend your career serving your country, or spend it serving your corporation. But we have to make sure that those who embrace public service can make a decent living.