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One Page In Cheating

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.26.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Leasing, Oil Industry, Bush, Froot Loops, Health, Pfizer, New York Times, Cheating, Oil Shale, State-Street-Bank, Monty Python, Labels, Interior Department, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

Not content to wait for "This Week In Cheating," recently a single newspaper page held enough cheating for a whole seven days.

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Josh Penry, Scott McInnis Try To Tie Bill Ritter To Obama On Oil Shale

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 10.22.2009 | Denver

Read More: Interior Department, Josh Penry, 2010, Oil, Scott McInnis, Oil Shale, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Bill Ritter, Barack Obama, Colorado Governor, Denver News

The two Grand Junction Republicans hoping to replace Gov. Bill Ritter said a federal oil shale decision supported by Ritter offers little hope to the ...

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Ken Salazar Questions The Legality Of Bush-Era Oil Leasing Policies

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 10.20.2009 | Denver

Read More: Gale Norton, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Oil and Gas Leasing, Justice Department, Shell Oil, George W. Bush, Ken Salazar and Shell, Denver News

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

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Shell Wins Federal Approval To Drill For Oil Off Alaska Coast

Washington Post | Steven Mufson | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

Read More: Camden Bay, Leases, Beaufort Sea, Shell, Point Thompson Alaska, Open-Water Drilling, Mms, Exxon Valdez, Point Thompson, Sierra Club, Oil Drilling, Minerals Management Service, Alaska Coast, Drilling, Oil, Permits, Alaska, Interior Department, Green News

The Interior Department has given Shell approval to drill oil exploration wells in two leaseholds in the Beaufort Sea, which could lead to the first d...

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Ken Salazar's Wild Horse Plan Fuels Accusations That He's In The Pocket Of Ranchers

AP | MARTIN GRIFFITH | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Ranching, Bureau of Land Management, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Cattle, Blm, Wild Horses, Denver News

RENO, Nev. — A new federal proposal to manage wild horses is rekindling debate over another fixture of the Western range: cattle. Interior Secr...

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In Harm's Way: The Arctic Wild

Trip Van Noppen | Posted 09.26.2009 | Green

Read More: Gas, Interior Department, Arctic Ocean, Oil, Chukchi Sea, Polar Bears, Ken Salazar, Arctic, Climate Change, Global Warming, Green News
Trip Van Noppen

Obama's crucial decisions will determine whether America's Arctic will survive and thrive or be sacrificed to destructive and dangerous oil and gas drilling.

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Obama Officials Urge Senate To Act On Climate Bill

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 08.07.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pollution, Climate Change, Steven Chu, Epa, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Enivorment, Senate, Agriculture Department, Interior Department, Carbon Emissions, Environment and Public Works Committee, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Saying global warming poses unprecedented threats to Americans' way of life, four of President Barack Obama's top environmental and...

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Secretary Salazar: The Everyman of Obama's Cabinet

ProPublica | Posted 05.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Interior Department, Financial Disclosure, Ken Salazar, Chicago-Illinois, Politics News
ProPublica

Ken Salazar has up to $200,000 in outstanding debt, a sharp contrast to the many millionaires serving in Obama's cabinet and on his senior staff.

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Former Interior Dept. Official Pleads Guilty To Accepting Kickbacks

Washington Post | Derek Kravitz | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interior Dept Kickbacks, Interior Department, Edgar Johnson, Politics News

A former Interior Department official pleaded guilty yesterday to accepting $15,000 in kickbacks from an insurance company in exchange for arranging m...

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Bush's Interior Department Interfered With Scientific Work To Limit Endangered Species Protections

AP | CHARLIE SAVAGE | Posted 01.15.2009 | Green

Read More: Endangered Species Protections, George Bush, Interior Department Interfered, Interior Department, Green News

WASHINGTON — A high-ranking Interior Department official tainted nearly every decision made on the protection of endangered species over five ye...

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We Need Change at Interior, Not More of the Same

Michael Markarian | Posted 01.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Interior Department, Safari Club, Raul Grijalva, Secretary of the Interior, Mike Thompson, Animals, Depatment of the Interior, Nra, Obama Cabinet, Hunting Heritage Award, Federal Parks, Sport Hunting, Obama Administration, Obama Environment, Bear Protection Act, Hunting, Obama Appointments, Obama Animal Rights, U.S. Sportsman Alliance, Sportsmen's Caucus, Barack Obama Environmental Policy, Environmental Conservation, Endangered Species Act, National Parks, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Obama faces a choice between a new direction that would place environmental conservation above corporate interests, and a pick similar to past selections at the Department of the Interior.

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EPA, Interior Department Face Most Radical Post-Bush Overhaul

Washington Post | Posted 12.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Interior Department, President Obama, Epa, Bush EPA, Obama Epa, Obama Transition, Obama Cabinet, Obama Interior Department, Interior Department, Politics News

Few federal agencies are expected to undergo as radical a transformation under President-elect Barack Obama as the Environmental Protection Agency and...

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Palin Loses Attempt to Block Protection of Alaska's Whales

Janet Ritz | Posted 11.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Interior Department, The Environmentalist, Center for Biological Diversity, Noaa, Beluga Whales, Sarah Palin, Green News, Environment, Endangered Species, Climate Change, Alaska, Whales, Politics, Bush Administratione Endangered Species, Endangered Animals, Animals, Green News
Janet Ritz

Palin had opposed the endangered listing for beluga whales in part by questioning the science and saying the listings would hinder oil and natural gas drilling.

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Lawmakers Unveil Interior Department Reform Bill After Sex, Drugs And Graft Scandal

Reuters | Ayesha Rascoe | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Interior Department Scandal Reform, Interior Department Reform, Interior Department, Politics News

U.S. lawmakers unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would suspend a federal program that collects and sells oil and natural gas from energy companie...

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GOP Senators: Relax Rules On Carrying Loaded Weapons In Parks

Anchorage Daily News | Erik Bolstad | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lisa Murkowski, Interior Department, Second Amendment, Ted Stevens, Guns in Parks, GOP Senators, Alaska Senators, Department of Interior, Gun Control, Politics News

Both of Alaska's U.S. senators have signed a letter asking the Interior Department to repeal federal gun rules for national parks and wildlife refuges...

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