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Purge the Foxes in the Henhouse: Fire the Industry Friendly Bush Appointees Still Defending Industries Instead of Americans

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: BP Oil Spill 2010, Ken Salazar, Bush Appointments, Justice Department, Mms, Epa, Politics News
Rob Kall

The American people put Obama into office because he offered change. At the least, he should be clearing out the worst dregs of the Bush appointees and he should do it very fast and soon.

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Interior Department IG Report: Regulators Accepted Oil-Company Gifts, Lunches, Sports Tickets

Huffington Post | Marcus Baram | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Regulators Gifts, MMS IG, Oil Company Gifts, Mms, Oil Regulator, IG Report Oil Company, Island Operating Company, Ken Salazar, MMS Porn, Oil Regulators Porn, MMS Crystal Meth, Video, Green News

Scroll down for the report The government regulator with oversight of offshore drilling allowed industry officials to fill in their own inspection re...

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Offshore Drilling Regulators Let Oil Companies Fill Out Their Own Inspection Reports

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Mary Kendall, Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Department of Interior, Oil, Mms Scandal, Gulf Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Mms, Green News

WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators responsible for oversight of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico allowed industry officials several years ago to fill in t...

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Financial Reform: "Too Small to Succeed"

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Citigroup, Bp, Arne Duncan, Nouriel Roubini, Diane Ravitch, Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama, Financial Reform, George W. Bush, Barney Frank, Fiscal Crisis, Larry Summers, Obama Administration, British Petroleum, Chris Dodd, Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, Too Big to Fail, American Enterprise Institute, Goldman Sachs, Midterm Elections, Joseph Stiglitz, Bush Administration, Deepwater Horizon, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Timothy Geithner, Republicans, Ken Salazar, Simon Johnson, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Dean Baker, Financial Crisis, Aig, Lehman Brothers, Business News
Joseph A. Palermo

We need to understand that "regulatory capture" has become a way of life in Washington. The current reforms don't go nearly far enough.

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[BP]resident Obama: Where Does BP Begin and Obama End?

Philip Radford | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Louisiana, Oil Spill, Green News, Climate Change, President Obama, Environment, Sustainability, Ken Salazar, Green Energy, Global Warming, Green, Green News
Philip Radford

What was so unsettling in the Gulf was that when I was down there I couldn't tell where President Obama began and BP ended.

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New Quarters: National Parks, Forest On 5 New Designs Unveiled By US Mint

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Grand Canyon, Photos, Mount Hood National Forest, Yellowstone, Mount Hood, Slidepoll, New Quarters, Coins, Quarters, Public Lands, Hot Springs, National Forest, US Mint, Yosemite, Designs, America the Beautiful, Ken Salazar, Pictures, National Parks, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP)-- The U.S. Mint has unveiled design of new quarters featuring four national parks and a national forest. Interior Secretary Ken Sal...

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BP: Mile-Long Tube Collecting Less Oil Than Before; Obama Administration Officials Dispatched To Gulf

AP | GREG BLUESTEIN and MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Gulf Oil Spill, Bp, British Petroleum, Ken Salazar, Janet Napolitano, Oil Spill Containment, Oil Spill Tube, Green News

BARATARIA BAY, La. — As officials approached to survey the damage the Gulf oil spill caused in coastal marshes, some brown pelicans couldn't fly...

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Laying Bare the Myth of "The Left"

David Sirota | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Alliance for Justice, Environment, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Planned Parenthood, Elena Kagan, Naacp, Elena Kagan Supreme Court, Politics News
David Sirota

Many "progressive" institutions are not principled at all -- sadly, lots of them are just propagandists for Democrats, regardless of what Democrats do.

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Salazar a Flop as Mr. Fix-It

Sean Paige | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Drilling, Energy, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Energy Policy, Ken Salazar and Interior Department, Denver News
Sean Paige

Ken Salazar's stock has fallen even more with me since he became Interior Secretary. Two recent actions illustrate why.

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Minerals Management Service To Be Divided Into 3 Parts

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Gulf Oil Spill, Minerals Management Service, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration moved on Wednesday to abolish the beleaguered agency that oversees offshore drilling and replace it with t...

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Green News Report -- May 18, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Pesticides, Congress, Green News Report, Coal, Msha, Oil Spill, Fossil Fuels, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Heart Disease, Ken Salazar, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Gulf of Mexico, Global Warming Deniers, Overfishing, Global Warming, ADD/ADHD, Processed Food, Coal Industry, Gulf Oil Spill, Transocean, Kevin Costner, Minerals Management Service, BRAD BLOG, Halliburton, Fish, Green News, Oil, Adhd, Florida, BP Oil Spill, Iceland Volcano, Oceans, Extreme Weather, Industrial Agriculture, Green News
Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Oil, Oil, Tar...

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Gulf Oil Spill: Criticism Comes To The Obama Administration

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Ken Salazar, White House Oil Spill Commission, Gulf Oil Spill, Obama Administration Oil Spill, Green News

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Last week, it was oil executives who faced the wrath of lawmakers eager to find blame for the massive oil spill spreading in the G...

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Chris Oynes, MMS Official, To Step Down In Wake Of Gulf Oil Spill

Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Bp, Ken Salazar, Oil Spill, Deepwater Horizon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gulf Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Transocean, Chris Oynes, Interior Department, Mms, Green News

Chrys Oynes, the associate director of Offshore Energy and Minerals Management at the Minerals Management Service will retire May 31, reports The Wash...

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Michael Bennet Caucus Expectations Mitigated By DSCC

The Hill | Aaron Blake | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Ken Salazar, Colorado Caucuses, Mike Miles, Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet, Colorado Senate Race, Jane Norton, Denver News

National Democrats want you to know that, even if Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) loses in Colorado's precinct caucucses today, everything is going to b...

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Administration Writes BP Demanding Confirmation US Taxpayers Not Liable

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: West Wing Report, Ken Salazar, BP Oil Spill, Oil Spill, Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano, Gas Prices, Green News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Janet Napolitano and Ken Salazar have written the following letter to BP demanding clarification of whether the company intends to cover damages above its $75 million cap.

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Colorado LOSERS Of The Week (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Ken Salazar, Republican Governors Association, Cory Gardner, Poll, Denver News

It may be a rough weekend for some Colorado newsmakers who suffered through some painful weeks. Below, check out the Colorado Losers of the Week, and...

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Andrew Romanoff, Michael Bennet Support Divided Along Racial Lines

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Colorado Caucuses, Andrew Romanoff, 2010, Public Policy Polling, Jane Norton, Ken Buck, Michael Bennet, Ken Salazar, Colorado Senate Race, Video, Denver News

In the third installment of a series of polls on Colorado political races, Public Policy Polling (PPP) released the results of a survey analyzing head...

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Colorado Is the New Energy Frontier

Michael Bowman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Mark Udall, Renewable Energy, Bureau of Land Management, Clean Energy, New Energy Economy, Ken Salazar, Colorado-Renewable-Energy, Solar Power, Steven Chu, Denver News
Michael Bowman

Colorado is emerging as an international player in the next great technological and industrial revolution.

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Michael Bennet In Dead Heat With Jane Norton: Public Policy Polling

Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Colorado Senate, 2010, Ken Salazar, Michael Bennet, Bill Ritter, Ken Buck, Jane Norton, Video, Denver News

A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows Colorado Senator Michael Bennet tied in his reelection bid with likely Republican opponent Jane Norton, wi...

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Salazar Urges Splitting Up Regulatory Agency After Rampant Corruption Found At Denver Office

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Salazar Splitting Agency, Ken Salazar, Interior Department, Minerals Management Service, Denver News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, as part of its res...

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Minerals Management Service Split: Salazar Urges Dividing Interior Department Agency

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Minerals Management Service, Mms, Interior Department, Oil Spill, Offshore Drilling, Ken Salazar, Oil Rigs, Land Drilling, Oil Spill Prevention, Green News

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is proposing to split up an Interior Department agency that oversees offshore drilling, as part of its res...

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Grouse Decision Relieves Energy Groups

AP | MEAD GRUVER | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Department of Interior, Wind Energy, Ken Salazar, Grouse, Alternative Energy, Denver News

CHEYENNE, Wyo. � An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for ...

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Ken Salazar: New Utah Monuments Not A Hidden Agenda

Salt Lake Tribune | Thomas Burr | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: San Juan County, Interior Department, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Cedar Mesa, Leaked Memo, Department of Interior, Hidden Agenda, Utah Monuments, Memo, Ken Salazar, Utah, Denver News

Washington -- Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a Senate committee Wednesday that there is no "hidden federal agenda" to unilaterally designate nati...

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Is Bill Barrett Corp's Massive Lobbying Spree Aimed at Interior Secretary Ken Salazar?

Brendan DeMelle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: NYSE: BBG, Brownstein Hyatt BHFS, Lobbying, Colorado Rockies, Roan Plateau, Bill Barrett Corp., Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Natural Gas, Vantage Energy, National Environmental Strategies NES Inc, Hydraulic Fracturing, Ken Salazar, Green News
Brendan DeMelle

In the fall of 2008, the outgoing Bush administration gave the oil and gas industry a parting gift that now threatens to destroy the Roan Plateau in Colorado, an area known for its stunning vistas.

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Bill Barrett Corp's Sweet Deal to Drill the Rocky Mountains

Kevin Grandia | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Energy, NYSE: BBG, Bill Barrett Corporation, Environment, Sustainability, Rep. John Salazar (D-CO), Bureau of Land Management, Natural Gas Drilling, Natural Gas, Ken Salazar, Colorado, Cheney Bush Oil and Gas, Green News
Kevin Grandia

A few years ago, the Bush administration undertook a process through the Bureau of Land Management to make land like the Roan in Colorado and other large swaths in Utah available for drilling.

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