Read more secretary of the Interior stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27165/secretary-of-the-interior.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:03:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation into whether Gale Norton illegally used her power as secretary of the Interior to obtain three oil contracts for Royal Dutch Shell—which only months later hired her as a legal counsel. The 2006 decision to award Shell leases on oil-rich federal...http://www.newser.com/story/69624/bush-cabinet-member-in-criminal-inquiry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 17 Sep 2009 6:40:37 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58884/gop-blocks-obama-interior-dept-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRepublicans have blocked President Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department because of a flap over oil leases in Utah. In a 57-39 Senate vote, Democrats fell short of the 60 votes they would have needed to advance the nominee past GOP obstacles. It's the first...http://www.newser.com/story/58884/gop-blocks-obama-interior-dept-pick.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 11:31:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49909/us-cancels-gas-oil-leases-near-utah-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration is scrapping the sales of oil and gas leases on areas of federally protected land spanning 130,000 acres in Utah, Bloomberg reports. “Those are American iconic treasures we need to make sure are being protected,” Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said today, adding that the leases can...http://www.newser.com/story/49909/us-cancels-gas-oil-leases-near-utah-parks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Feb 2009 16:50:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45166/bush-loosens-endangered-species-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe White House incensed environmental groups yesterday by announcing sweeping changes to the Endangered Species Act, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Federal agencies will no longer have to consult with scientists before approving potentially harmful building or logging projects, and the government will not recognize the threat that global warming...http://www.newser.com/story/45166/bush-loosens-endangered-species-act.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 12 Dec 2008 9:59:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43349/ny-fed-prez-lands-top-job-at-treasury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama transition team has settled on a treasury secretary nominee, NBC reports: Timothy Geithner, the president of the New York Fed. The announcement is expected to come Monday, when the president-elect will announce his entire economic team in an attempt to quell the unrest surrounding the financial markets. Geithner...http://www.newser.com/story/43349/ny-fed-prez-lands-top-job-at-treasury.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Nov 2008 14:51:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22184/senator-blasts-foot-dragging-on-protecting-polar-bear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree months after the deadline for declaring whether polar bears are a threatened species, the Interior Department hasn't issued a ruling, and Barbara Boxer wants to know why. The influential senator said yesterday she wants Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to appear before the environment committee and “answer questions about the administration’s...http://www.newser.com/story/22184/senator-blasts-foot-dragging-on-protecting-polar-bear.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 21 Mar 2008 14:50:00 CDT