Salazar Hosts White House Clean Energy Economy Forum on Renewable Energy, Job Creation, and Climate Impact and Adaptation
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a Clean Energy Economy Forum with stakeholders from 39 states across the country at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Deputy Secretary David Hayes and other top Department of the Interior officials spoke about the importance of renewable energy and job creation, climate impact and adaptation, and efforts to support and maintain the treasured landscapes of America in the emerging clean energy economy .more
Christine King Farris speaks the press conference. Also pictured are Deputy Director of the National Park Service Dan Wenk, Secretary Salazar, President of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc. Harry E. Johnson and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.
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Salazar Approves Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Construction on National Mall
At a ceremony with Harry E. Johnson, Sr., President of the Washington, DC Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., Christine King Farris, sister to Martin Luther King Jr.; EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and members of the Black and Hispanic Caucuses, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today signed a permit allowing construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial on the National Mall. more
Nine Federal Agencies Agree to Expedite Permitting of Power Transmission Construction on Federal Lands
Obama Administration officials today released a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by nine Federal Departments and Agencies to make it faster and simpler to build transmission lines on Federal lands. The goal of the agreement is to speed approval of new transmission lines, reduce expense and uncertainty in the process, generate cost savings, increase accessibility to renewable energy and jumpstart job creation. more
Visiting the Energy Capital of the World, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar lauded the advanced power transmission and distribution technology adopted by CenterPoint Energy Houston, a regional utility that received a $200 million federal grant to spur its deployment of a Smart Grid that will improve efficiency and help area consumers manage and control their electricity usage. more
Salazar Testifies on “The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act”
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified on “The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act” before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. more
Salazar Reforms U.S. Oil Shale Program
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today took 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
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
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
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.
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
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
The Department of the Interior (DOI) is the
nation’s principal conservation agency. Interior is a large, decentralized
agency with over 67,000 employees and 180,000 volunteers located at
approximately 2,400 operating locations across the United States, Puerto
Rico, U.S. territories, and freely associated states. more
For more than six years, MMS Denver area employees have devoted their time to help homeless and run-away youth at Urban Peak Denver, a shelter that provides a safe, caring and stable environment with the goal of helping runaway youth permanently exit street life more
Gray wolves to be removed from the list of threatened and endangered
species in the western Great Lakes and northern Rocky Mountain states
but remain a protected species in Wyoming. more
Bob Abbey Confirmed as Director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Abbey is a veteran public land policy leader and was chief architect of the Great Basin Restoration Initiative, as Nevada State Director for the Bureau of Land Management.
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At an open house held at the University of Pittsburgh, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) recognized a collaborative project that will make thousands of historical maps of closed or abandoned underground coal mines in Pennsylvania available to the public. more
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