Interior Department Scandal

Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

Frances Beinecke | Posted 01.18.2009 | Green


Frances Beinecke

As Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar has to send a powerful signal that the era of unethical behavior and unchecked industry influence is over.

So Many Questions, So Few Answers

Carl Pope | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics


Carl Pope

It's not surprising that Congressman Ed Markey has launched an investigation of oil company involvement in the Bush administration federal oil-and-gas...

Interior Department Scandal

Jeff Danziger | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business


Jeff Danziger

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Warning: Wrecking Crew at Work

Thomas Frank | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


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.

A Very 21st-Century Scandal

Carl Pope | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics


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.

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

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 10.11.2008 | Green


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