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Ken Salazar, the new secretary of the Interior, supports renewable energy and is willing to stand up to the powerful oil and gas industry.
by Michele Haefele,
Apr 17, 2009
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After years of stalemate and fighting, enviros are gaining ground under Obama. Also: Unemployment rates are ranked in the Western states.
by Ray Ring,
Feb 12, 2009
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Barack Obama is bringing Westerners to Washington, including Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to run Homeland Security, and Cabinet picks Ken Salazar, Hilda Solis and Steven Chu.
by Ray Ring ,
Jan 19, 2009
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Some are disappointed, but Rocky Barker thinks Ken Salazar is a good choice to head Interior.
by Rocky Barker,
Dec 29, 2008
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Her brush with homelessness gives Jane Goetze the background to offer some wry advice.
by Jane Goetze,
Dec 01, 2008
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Hoping for a Western Interior secretary who practices the politics of collaboration.
by Daniel Kemmis,
Nov 27, 2008
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While the nation is distracted by the election, the Bush administration races ahead with environmental policy changes.
by Sarah Gilman ,
Nov 04, 2008
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The Interior secretary is the nation's top wildlife manager and federal landlord, managing 507 million acres, 600 dams and 68 percent of the nation's energy reserves.
by Rocky Barker,
Oct 31, 2008
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On the messy bureaucratic soap opera As Interior Turns,
the cast keeps changing, and getting indicted; Good Samaritans need
to able to clean up old mines without getting burned; foreign
countries drive Western mining boom; and data about
mining
by Jonathan Thompson,
Jun 25, 2007
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service tries an end-run around
the Endangered Species Act; a leaked draft would weaken the bedrock
law by changing the regulations that implement it rather than the
law itself.
by Jodi Peterson,
Jul 16, 2008
