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Salazar Cleans Up Bush-Era Cronyism in Dirty Oil-Shale Program

Frances Beinecke | Posted 10.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Public Lands, Green River, Fossil Fuels, Department of Interior, Oil Leases, Oil Shale, Ken Salazar, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Do we want energy development on our public lands to intensify global warming or a national energy policy that promotes technologies that are renewable and create four times jobs as fossil fuels?

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Bush-Era Interior Secretary Gale Norton Worked With Shell On Strategy For Controversial 11th-Hour Deals: LA Times

latimes.com | Jim Tankersley and Josh Meyer | Posted 10.16.2009 | Denver

Read More: Shell Gale Norton, Gale Norton, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, Oil Drilling, Barack Obama, Shell Oil, Denver News

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

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Ken Salazar Plans To Transfer Overpopulated Western Wild Horses To Sanctuaries In East

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 10.09.2009 | Denver

Read More: Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Nick Rahall, Ken Salazar, Wild Horses, Denver News

WASHINGTON — Thousands of mustangs that now roam the West would be moved to preserves in the Midwest and East under a new Interior Department pl...

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Ken Salazar Gets Ready For Global Warming With Climate Change Response Council

AP | Posted 09.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Department of Interior, Environment, Ken Salazar, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Climate Change, Green News

WASHINGTON — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar moved Monday to prepare the nation's parks, refuges and endangered species for the onslaught of glob...

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Disorder on the Border: Trashing the Law in the Name of Immigration Deterrence

Randall Amster | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Humanitarian, Grassroots, Department of Interior, No More Deaths Border, Immigration, Border Wall, Humanitarian Aid, Deterrence, Faith-Based, Environmental Degradation, Human Rights, Criminal Justice System, Water, Illegal Immigrants, Doctrine of Necessity, Hurricane Katrina, Alice's Restaurant, Sierra Club, Litter, Politics News
Randall Amster

The strategy of deterrence that drives both border enforcement and crackdowns on humanitarians is fundamentally flawed.

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Green News Report - August 13, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 09.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Town Hall Debate, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, Sustainable Food, American Petroleum Institute, Department of Interior, Obama Administration, Sustainable Agriculture, Green News Report, Coal, Oil Companies, Mountaintop Removal, National Association of Manufacturers, Town Halls, Green News, Sustainability, Tomato-Blight, Buffer Zone, Astroturf, Tomatoes, Green Roofs, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Another win for coal companies; of green roofs & red tomatoes...PLUS: Town Hall Follies, now with Clean Coal!

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VIDEO UPDATE: Coalfield Uprising Grows: Will Feds Take Down WVA's Embarrassing DEP?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Mountaintop Premoval, Dirty Coal, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, West Virginia, Renewable Energy, Department of Interior, Coal, Osm, Wvdep, Green News
Jeff Biggers

The failed West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection is emerging as an embarrassingly pro-coal anti-mountain public relations nightmare.

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Recovery.gov Description FAIL

Jake Brewer | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Agriculture, White House, USAspending.Gov, Sunlight Foundation, Old Media vs. New Media, Department of Interior, New Media, recovery.gov, Politics News
Jake Brewer

Read as stated, this description leads one to believe that the U.S. government spent nearly $1.2M for 2 pounds of ham ...sliced.

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Jimmy Carter's Next Urgent Mission: Polarized Appalachian Coalfields

Jeff Biggers | Posted 08.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Mountaintop Removal, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, Appalachia, Carol Browner, EPA; Lisa Jackson, President Barack Obama, Former President Jimmy Carter, Department of Interior, Big Coal, Van Jones, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Mountaintop removal has ripped out the roots of the Appalachian culture, and depopulated and left historic mountain communities in poverty and ruin.

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UPDATE: Coalfield Advocates Respond to Mountaintop Removal Crimes and Misdemeanors

Jeff Biggers | Posted 07.12.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, President Jimmy Carter, Mountaintop Removal, Crime, President Barack Obama, Department of Interior, Vice President Al Gore, Lisa Jackson, Ceq, Coal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Failed mining policy has destroyed our nation's natural heritage, ripped out the roots of the Appalachian culture, and left historic mountain communities in poverty and ruin. And now Obama only wants to "regulate" it.

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Chevron Shareholders Ignore Company's Abuses

Mike Papantonio | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Environment, Human Rights, Pap Attack, Coal, Chevron, Sex, Scandal, Mike Papantonio, Department of Interior, Golefttv, Oil, Ring of Fire, Pollution, Green News
Mike Papantonio

As you read this column, court hearings in Ecuador are taking place where Chevron stands potentially responsible for $25 billion in damages to Ecuador's waterways and aquifers.

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Dear Mr. President: Declare August 3rd as Armistice Day in the Appalachian Coalfields

Jeff Biggers | Posted 06.13.2009 | Green

Read More: White House, Dirty Coal, Green Jobs, President Barack Obama, Renewable Energy, Department of Interior, Washington DC, Clean Energy, Ceq, Coal, Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, Epa, President Jimmy Carter, Mountaintop Removal, Lisa Jackson, Ken Salazar, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Mountaintop removal is an immoral crime against nature and our citizenry, and it must be abolished, not regulated.

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Green News Report - May 7, 2009 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Cap and Trade, House of Representatives, Cotton, President Obama, Factory Farms, Department of Interior, LED Light Bulbs, Big Ag, Globalization, Bats, Green News Report, House Energy and Commerce Committee, Climate Change Legislation, Energy Efficiency, Compact Flourescent Lightbulbs, Green News, Wildfires, Polar Bears, Climate Change, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Ethanol, Auto Industry, Bush Midnight Regulations, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

In Today's Audio Report: Fires and bats and bears -- Oh My!; Congress to offer Cash For Clunkers; Some Democrats side with Republicans in stalling cli...

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McCain's Move to Canonize "St. Ronnie"

Will Bunch | Posted 04.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Ronald Reagan, Chelsea Clinton, John McCain, David Hayes, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Ronald Reagan Legacy, Politics News
Will Bunch

McCain says that he may vote against an Obama appointee for the sole reason that the nominee made what strikes me as a fairly tepid criticism of the 40th president, in a comment that was really aimed at Bush.

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Guns In National Parks: Government Documents Show Bush Administration Warned About Ignoring Law

Paul Helmke | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, President Obama, George W. Bush, Department of Interior, Gun Control, Green Living, Nra, Guns, Barack Obama, National Rifle Association, Concealed Carry, 100 Days, National Park Service, Environment, Ken Salazar, National Parks, Politics News
Paul Helmke

A last-minute rule adopted by the Bush administration after the election forces states to allow loaded, concealed weapons in National Park lands within their borders regardless of state law.

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Salazar Pledges To Help Modernize Grid, Reduce Oil Dependence

Grist | Posted 02.16.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Grid, Green Infrastructure, Energy Independence, Oil, Department of Interior, Ken Salazar, Obama's Cabinet, Green Energy, Green Politics, Green Technology, Green News

Salazar pledged to "clean up the mess" at the Department of Interior, which has seen controversies over non-collection of oil royalties and an embarra...

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Native America and Green Jobs: Spring Wind Rising from Sand Creek

Jeff Biggers | Posted 02.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Dirty Coal, Environment, Green Jobs, Winona LaDuke, Indian Reservations, Wind, Department of Interior, Native Americans, Fossil Fuels, Solar, Department of Energy, Green Recovery, Barack Obama, Obama Administration, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Recognizing that poverty rates on reservations are twice the national average, Native groups called for support to "operate a new crop of renewable electricity generating infrastructure."

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Obama's Animal Welfare Team

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lisa Jackson, Tom Vilsack, Epa, Agriculture, Department of Interior, Obama Cabinet Picks, Ken Salazar, Animals, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Environmental Policy, Factory Farms, The Humane Society of America, Obama Administration, Obama White House, Puppy Mills, Horse Slaughter, Obama Animal Rights, Agribusiness, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Bush Administration Animal Rights, President Elect Obama, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Obama has pledged to make progress for animal welfare and environmental stewardship, and we hope these appointees will prove to be an excellent team to help him meet these crucial goals.

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Obama Appointments: Time for a Coal-Onoscopy

Jeff Biggers | Posted 12.22.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Dirty Coal, President-Elect Barack Obama, Environmental Protection Agency, Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Msha, Labor Department, Office of Surface Mining, Department of Interior, Big Coal, Obama Transition, Department of Energy, Cabinet Appointments, Barack Obama, Green News
Jeff Biggers

If President-elect Obama is truly serious about affecting climate change... then we must end the appointment of coal and other extraction industry executives.

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A White Knight Talking Backwards: The Manchurian Candidate in the Kitchen

Elissa Altman | Posted 10.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Sweet Surprise, Karl Rove, John McCain, Andrew Zimmern, Food Network, Department of Interior, Obesity, Sarah Palin, Alice in Wonderland, Alton Brown, Anthony Bourdain, Harold McGee, Nigella Lawson, David Tanis, Mario Batali, Fred Thompson, Republican Convention, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, Republicans, Manchurian Candidate, Living News
Elissa Altman

Without a doubt. So, after the hideous spectacle of the convention was over, I did what most food writers do when they're mildly hysterical: I fled for the safety of my kitchen.

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Warning: Wrecking Crew at Work

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Department of Interior, Political Corruption, Bush Administration, Interior Department Scandal, Free Market, Politics News
Thomas Frank

The Interior Department's bungle-dee-botch is what government looks like when you make it "market-based," as Bush once put it. This kind of government answers not to the public but to the party with the most money.

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Interior Department Probe Reveals Oil-Related Corruption, "Culture Of Substance Abuse And Promiscuity"

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Department of Interior, Interior Department Scandal, Oil Trysts, Green News

WASHINGTON — Government brokers responsible for collecting billions of dollars in federal oil royalties operated in a "culture of substance abus...

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"No Comment" from McCain on Bush's Evisceration of Endangered Species Act

Josh Dorner | Posted 09.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Bruce Babbitt, John McCain, War on the West. Dirk Kempthorne, George W. Bush, League of Conservation Voters, Department of Interior, Jim Leach Obama, Clear Skies, Barack Obama, Dick Cheney, Richard Pombo, Lincoln Chaffee, Jim Leach, Endangered Species, Sierra Club, Endangered Species Act, Green News
Josh Dorner

While environmentalists and the public at large have been almost singularly focused on energy issues when it comes to the environment and the presiden...

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Department of Interior Awarded Over $430 Million in Small Business Contracts to Corporate Giants, According to New Study

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Department of Interior, Bush Administration, Small Business Administration, Small Business, Government Contracting, Procurement, Barack Obama, Economy, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

The Bush administration has tried to convince us for 6 years that the diversion of hundreds of billions of dollars in federal small business contracts to Fortune 500 firms is the result of random data entry errors.

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Government Small Business Contracts Went to Fortune 500 Companies

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 07.17.2008 | Business

Read More: Fortune 500, Mcgraw-Hill, Small Business, Economy, Dell, Department of Interior, Shwerwin Williams, Business, Home Depot, Ricoh, Barack Obama 2008, Fraud, John Deere, Contractor Fraud, Starwood Hotels, Gtsi, Xerox, Bush Administration and Corporate Cronyism, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Federal investigations clearly show that Fortune 500 corporations are the actual recipients of federal small business contracts, and yet the Bush administration continues to maintain that this is a myth.

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