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Salazar at the Interior Department: So Much at Stake

December 17, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

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biogems, BLM, cabinetappointment, endangeredspecies, greenteam, greentransition, interiordeparment, nationalparks, oildrilling, oilleases, oilshale, publiclands, roanplateau, salazar, wildlands, wildlife

I welcome the news that President-elect Obama has appointed Senator Ken Salazar at the Secretary of the Interior. After years of corruption and corporate dominance at the Interior Department, we desperately need to change the way America's national parks, public...continued→

Why Bush's Last-Minute Land Giveaway in Utah Matters

November 21, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Moving Beyond Oil , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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archesnationalpark, biogems, BLM, canyonlandsnationalpark, cleanenergy, greenjobs, midnightrules, naturalgas, oildrilling, redrockcountry, utah, wildlands

I thought I couldn't be shocked any more. After all, the past eight years have taught me that despite the availability of clean energy technology, the Bush administration will always place oil and gas drilling above all other options.  But...continued→