Read more Department of the Interior stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/3681/department-of-the-interior.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:27:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe federal government has proposed designating 200,000 square miles of land, sea, and ice in northern Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears. The move is "one step in the right direction to help this species stave off extinction," said an Interior Department official. He acknowledged, however, that...http://www.newser.com/story/72370/feds-pitch-polar-bear-habitat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 23 Oct 2009 1:41:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71222/feds-to-sterilize-wild-mustangs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTens of thousands of wild horses are to be sterilized and shifted from range land in the West to preserves in the Midwest and East under plans announced yesterday. The move will help manage the unsustainable numbers of horses and burros roaming free in Western states without having to resort...http://www.newser.com/story/71222/feds-to-sterilize-wild-mustangs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 6:19:37 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/58455/us-wont-use-polar-bear-to-battle-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Obama administration will not use the plight of polar bears and their melting habitat to regulate greenhouse gases, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a Bush-era law barring government scientists from considering emissions as they attempt to save the endangered species will stand....http://www.newser.com/story/58455/us-wont-use-polar-bear-to-battle-emissions.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 08 May 2009 13:18:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55205/wind-could-provide-all-us-power-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOffshore winds are a largely untapped resource that could potentially supply the US with even more electricity than it currently needs, according to a new Interior Department report. The report says the area off the Atlantic coast could meet more than one-fourth of the national power demand, but the fact...http://www.newser.com/story/55205/wind-could-provide-all-us-power-feds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 03 Apr 2009 10:18:38 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/48915/bush-policies-will-blow-through-natl-parks-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagViews of spacious skies and purple mountain majesties in US national parks may soon be interrupted by industrial roads and power lines, after years of Bush policies that pushed commerce over conservation, reports the Los Angeles Times . And unlike the many decisions that President Obama can quickly reverse, the changes...http://www.newser.com/story/48915/bush-policies-will-blow-through-natl-parks-for-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 13:40:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45604/obama-adds-centrists-salazar-vilsack-to-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama added Ken Salazar and Tom Vilsack to his growing list of Cabinet appointments today, tapping the noted centrists as secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture respectively. “It is time for a new kind of leadership in Washington that's committed to using our lands in a responsible way,” Obama...http://www.newser.com/story/45604/obama-adds-centrists-salazar-vilsack-to-cabinet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 13:07:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45407/colo-sen-salazar-tapped-as-interior-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident-elect Barack Obama has tapped Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar to be his secretary of the interior, sources have told the Denver Post . Salazar is "all but certain" to be given the job this week, pending a background check, the newspaper reports. The first-term senator serves on the Senate Energy and...http://www.newser.com/story/45407/colo-sen-salazar-tapped-as-interior-secretary.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Dec 2008 1:43:14 CST