United States Department of the Interior
Cabinet Department
Salazar blasts critics of U.S. energy policy...expensive energy," said Daniel Kish of the Institute for Energy Research, a group critical of the administration's energy policy. The Interior Department has made some 55 million acres available to oil and natural gas development since... In this article: Ken Salazar, Leasing, Natural gas, U.S., Fossil fuel, Revenue, and Interior Department |
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Detroit News | 6 days ago
George Will: There is still no alternative to oil
...than all other U.S. wells combined. In 1914, the Bureau of Mines said U.S. oil reserves would be exhausted by 1924. In 1939, the Interior Department said the world had 13 years worth of petroleum reserves. Then a global war was fought and...
In this article: Natural gas, United States, Carbon, Daniel Yergin, Interior Department, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Hydrocarbon
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Oil & Gas Journal | 6 days ago
GOP members ask DOI to improve categorical exclusions
...in response to a recent Government Accountability Office report. "We are deeply concerned about a common practice of the Departments of the Interior and Justice of settling lawsuits filed without forcefully defending authorized agency...
In this article: Government Accountability Office, GOP, Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar, House Natural Resources Committee, Energy Policy Act of 2005, and US Bureau Of Land Management
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
George F. Will: Fossil fuels belie environmentalism
...its hydrocarbon supplies. Repeatedly. In 1914, the Bureau of Mines said that U.S. oil reserves would be exhausted by 1924. In 1939, the Interior Department said that the world had 13 years' worth of petroleum reserves. Then a global war...
In this article: Natural gas, United States, Coal, Carbon, Hydrocarbon, Daniel Yergin, Interior Department, and Pennsylvania
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AP Online | November 20, 2009
Indian tribe sues over Calif. ranch development
...ranch some 60 miles north of Los Angeles that it claims as tribal land. The lawsuit filed last week in federal court in Fresno argues that the U.S. Department of Interior failed to recognize the Kawaiisu Tribe of Tejon's legitimate claim to...
In this article: Kern County, Tejon Ranch Co., U.S. Department of Interior, Los Angeles, California, Pain and suffering, Injunction, and California Condor
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AP Online | November 18, 2009
Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also tighten the federal permitting process to better protect streams from mining...
In this article: Coal, Interior Department, Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, Ken Salazar, Clean Water Act, and Office of Surface Mining
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Yahoo! News | November 18, 2009
Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining (AP)
...HEBERT, Associated Press Writer H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press Writer - 37 mins ago WASHINGTON - The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also...
In this article: Coal, Interior Department, Waste, Environmental Protection Agency, Ken Salazar, Clean Water Act, Associated Press Writer, and Office of Surface Mining
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New Orleans Times-Picayune | November 16, 2009
Interior Department supervisor joined Judge Thomas Porteous on company-paid hunting trip
...criminal justice and courts news in metro New Orleans, Louisiana Breaking News, Business, East Jefferson, Justice system, Politics ยป Interior Department supervisor joined Judge Thomas Porteous on company-paid hunting trip Of the eight...
In this article: Thomas Porteous, Interior Department, Rowan Companies, John Conyers, and Falfurrias, Texas
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The Salt Lake Tribune | November 10, 2009
Democrats in Congress ask Interior to preserve 9.4 million acres in Utah
...protection," Hinchey said in a statement. "Given the common belief that much of this land should be safeguarded, it makes sense for the Interior Department to step in and temporarily protect these lands while Congress and state officials...
In this article: Interior Department, Utah, Ken Salazar, Maurice Hinchey, and Rob Bishop
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Description from Wikipedia:
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is a Cabinet department of the United States government that manages and conserves most federally owned land. These responsibilities are different from other countries' Interior Departments or ministries, which tend to focus on police or security.
It is administered by the United States Secretary of the Interior. The current Secretary of the Interior is Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho.
- Name:
- United States
- Type:
- Department
- Founding Date:
- March 03, 1849
- No. of Employees:
- 71,436 (2004)
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