U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Thursday said he hopes a new report from the Department of Interior highlighting 18 backcountry areas for conservation protection, including several in Colorado, will spark action by Congress “in spite of partisan gridlock elsewhere.”
Conservation groups reacted swiftly Wednesday to a bill introduced by Republican Sens. John McCain and Orrin Hatch, among others, that would block the U.S. Interior Department from implementing a 20-year moratorium on new uranium mining near Grand Canyon National Park.
The Interior Department responded swiftly this morning to a report by its inspector general that said last-minute editing by the White House of a report on the oil spill led to the false implication that the report’s recommendation of a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling had been peer reviewed More…
Last-minute editing by the White House of a Department of the Interior report on the Gulf oil spill led to the false implication that the report’s recommendation of a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling had been peer reviewed by scientists and industry experts, an inspector general report said on Monday. More…
The Obama administration released a notice today specifying the terms of a new requirement that the operator of any new deepwater drilling project sign a statement confirming that it has met all new safety regulations.
The four-page notice to lessees (NTL) also specifies that any operator of a new More…
Rep. Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) outlined his priorities for next Congress today if he is chosen by his fellow Republicans to assume the chairmanship of the House Natural Resources Committee.
His priorities, according to a written statement, include increasing domestic energy production “through an all-of-the-above energy plan” and ensuring that the More…
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he will establish an “Ocean Energy Safety Institute” to expedite research and development of new technology and tactics to prevent future oil spills.
The move is the latest effort by the Interior Department to increase offshore drilling safety in the aftermath of the More…
Speaking at The Atlantic’s Green Intelligence Forum today, Interior Department Deputy Secretary David Hayes said the Obama administration has not yet done enough to reform how the department manages offshore drilling.
“No. We are in a constant reform cycle big time,” Hayes, who was the first Obama administration official More…
On a conference call today on the Obama administration’s efforts to determine the extent of natural resources damages from the oil spill, an Interior Department official gave reporters a sense of the impact of the spill on wildlife.
Of the 8,000 oiled birds found by the government in the aftermath More…
The Interior Department did not “appropriately respond” to an inspector general report that found former Bureau of Land Management Farmington, N.M., District Manager Steve Henke did not report gifts he received from the oil industry, a Project on Government Oversight investigation has found.
According to a letter yesterday More…
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