Salazar Reforms U.S. Oil Shale Program
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today steps to help the country develop technologies that could potentially unlock the nation’s oil shale reserves while protecting taxpayers, water resources, the environment, and local communities. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Introducing the GreenGov Challenge - A Bottom-Up Approach to Greening Government
On Monday, October 5th, 2009, President Barack Obama signed an Executive Order on Federal Sustainability – and in doing so, committed the Federal government to lead by example, practice what we preach and help build a clean energy economy through how we operate. To harness the collective wisdom of the more than 1.8 million civilian employees and our men and women in uniform, we’re launching the GreenGov Challenge, an online participatory way for Federal employees to suggest clean energy ideas and vote on others. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
Secretaries Salazar and Chu and Sen. Hagan Tour Solar Farm in North Carolina
Underscores Commitment to Green Jobs, Clean Energy Economy
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu and U.S. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) today toured one of the largest solar array energy systems in the Southeast. The project is run by Southern Energy Management, a home-grown sustainable energy management company. It features two 1-megawatt solar arrays. It includes a 24-collector solar water heating system and a 1-megawatt photovoltaic (PV) system of 5,040 solar panels on five acres of land. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
Secretary Salazar Addresses CEO Summit
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today addressed the annual CEO summit of The Business Council, an association of more than 100 CEOs from America's largest companies. In his remarks, Secretary Salazar discussed the need for comprehensive energy legislation and the Department of the Interior's role in moving forward with a new energy frontier. The theme of the Council's summit meeting in Cary, NC is energy and climate.
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U.S. Department of the Interior Employees Winner, Finalist for Prestigious Service to America Medal
The Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit organization, honored an Office of Surface Mining program analyst on Sept. 23 with one of its 2009 Service to America medals. PPS also named a U.S. Geological Survey scientist and her international science team as finalists for the same award. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Interior Launches Work Plan for BLM Western Oregon Forests
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today launched a Fiscal Year 2010 work plan for Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forests in western Oregon that will add economic certainty for local communities while protecting endangered species. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Cape Lookout Lighthouse at Cape Lookout National Seashore in North Carolina.[Photo Credit: NPS Photo by Russ Wilson] Hi-Res
Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina to be Repaired and Re-Opened
To celebrate the ongoing commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Cape Lookout Lighthouse in North Carolina, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that project funds with be provided for repairs enabling the National Park Service to re-open the lighthouse to the public. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Secretary Salazar and the National Museum of the American Latino on Capitol Hill. Actress Eva Longoria- Parker (in red dress to the right) is a member from Texas.[Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI] Hi-Res
National Museum of the American Latino Commissioners Announce Leadership of Commission
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, bipartisan members of the National Museum of the American Latino Commission, activist/actor Eva Longoria Parker, producer Emilio Estefan, Henry R. Muñoz III and bipartisan Members of Congress to announce the leadership of the Commission and discuss future activities related to the study of the potential national museum in Washington, D.C. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Martin Mugica, Executive Vice President, Renewables, Iberdrola Renewables, Kevin Devlin, Iberdrola Renewables, Secretary Salazar and Rich Glick, Iberdrola Renewables. The project now supplies clean renewable energy to the Phoenix metropolitan area. [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI] Hi-Res
Secretary Salazar Keynotes Arizona’s First Commercial Scale Wind Energy Development
Calling it a reflection of growing energy concerns across the nation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar lauded the public-private partnership that developed the Dry Lake Wind Power Project that now feeds clean, renewable energy to homes and businesses in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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Secretary Salazar, Gov. Schwarzenegger Sign Initiative to Expedite Renewable Energy Development
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today signed what they called “a model of federal-state initiative and cooperation” to use expedited review and processing and Recovery Act funding to spur the development of environmentally appropriate renewable energy on U.S. lands in California .more![more](images/moreb.gif)
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