http://www.mail.com/people/14642-ken-salazar.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/14642-ken-salazar.html http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html CONVERSE COUNTY, Wyo. (AP) — Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even tho... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:47:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/2083682-wind-farms-pass-eagle-deaths.html 2013-05-14T21:47:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058016-national-mall-overhaul-draws-10m-gift-vw.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Plans to overhaul neglected sites on Washington's National Mall with lakeside gardens, grassy amphitheaters and restaurants with views of the nation's memorials are getting a boost from a German carmaker. Volkswagen of America announced a $10 million gift Thursday to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall to jumpstart fundraising for ... Thu, 02 May 2013 19:22:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/2058016-national-mall-overhaul-draws-10m-gift-vw.html 2013-05-02T19:22:32Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016330-jewell-sworn-interior-secretary.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sally Jewell has been sworn in as Interior secretary, replacing Ken Salazar, who stepped down after more than four years as head of the agency responsible for more than 500 million acres of national parks and other public lands. The 57-year-old Jewell, a former CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won Senate confirmation ... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:27:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2016330-jewell-sworn-interior-secretary.html 2013-04-12T18:27:29Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise taxes and trim popular benefit programs, including Social Security and Medicare. The White House claims deficit reductions of $1.8 trillion, but Obama's proposal would negate more than $1 trillion in automatic ... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:41:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2010906-agency-by-agency-guide-to-obamas-2014-budget.html 2013-04-10T23:41:12Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Sally Jewell, CEO of outdoor retailer Recreational Equipment Inc., won easy Senate confirmation Wednesday to be the nation's next interior secretary. The Senate approved her nomination, 87-11, with all the no votes coming from Republicans. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., was among those who opposed Jewell. At Interior, Jew... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 23:05:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2011774-senate-endorses-sally-jewell-interior-chief.html 2013-04-10T23:05:59Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar voiced optimism Friday that the nation's first offshore wind farm will soon break ground after more than a decade of delays and be followed by more off the Atlantic coast. "I think there's a good chance it will happen before the end of the year," Salazar said of the Cape Wind project. Speaking in an AP inte... Sat, 06 Apr 2013 01:32:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2001490-interior-chief-sees-wind-farms-us-future.html 2013-04-06T01:32:32Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1969972-senate-panel-endorses-jewell-interior-chief.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Energy Committee on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama's nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior secretary, moving her nomination to the Senate floor for an expected vote next month. The committee's 19-3 vote in favor of Jewell came after current Interior Secretary Ken Salazar agreed to review a decision blocking const... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:08:54 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1969972-senate-panel-endorses-jewell-interior-chief.html 2013-03-21T17:08:54Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965658-statue-liberty-to-reopen-independence-day.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Statue of Liberty, closed since Superstorm Sandy damaged the island where it stands, will reopen to the public in time for Independence Day, officials said Tuesday. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the timeline for the reopening along with U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer of New York. "Hurricane Sandy inflicted major damage on ... Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:49:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1965658-statue-liberty-to-reopen-independence-day.html 2013-03-19T20:49:22Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1959712-tribes-plan-worst-with-looming-budget-cuts.html FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — When it comes to the automatic spending cuts that began taking effect this month, federal lawmakers spared programs that serve the nation's most vulnerable — such as food stamps, Medicare, Medicaid and veterans' assistance — from hard hits. That wasn't the case with programs for American Indian reservations, where unemployment is f... Sat, 16 Mar 2013 20:01:22 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1959712-tribes-plan-worst-with-looming-budget-cuts.html 2013-03-16T20:01:22Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940188-interior-pick-puts-outdoor-industry-spotlight.html SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — She doesn't wear a cowboy hat favored by traditional picks for interior secretary. Sally Jewell prefers fleece and Gore-Tex jackets and wears a safety helmet when she needs it for scaling cliffs, skiing or kayaking. Jewell, the 57-year-old chief of Recreational Equipment Inc., represents a new face for a cabinet post more often assoc... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 21:46:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1940188-interior-pick-puts-outdoor-industry-spotlight.html 2013-03-08T21:46:02Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939048-jewell-pledges-balanced-approach-energy.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's nominee for interior secretary pledged Thursday to take a balanced approach to energy that would expand and diversify production on public lands while protecting the environment. Sally Jewell, president of Recreational Equipment Inc., told a Senate committee that she supports Obama's "all-of-the-above" energy str... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:11:53 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1939048-jewell-pledges-balanced-approach-energy.html 2013-03-07T22:11:53Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html Automatic spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday are expected to touch a vast range of government services. Some examples: DEFENSE One of the Navy's premiere warships, the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, sits pier-side in Norfolk, Va., its tour of duty delayed. The carrier and its 5,000-person crew were to leave for the Persian Gulf on Feb. 8... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1919904-budget-cuts-affect-you.html 2013-03-01T02:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919806-shell-suspends-drilling-arctic-ocean-2013.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An effort to give the United States a new source of domestic oil and refill the trans-Alaska pipeline took a hit Wednesday when Royal Dutch Shell PLC announced it will suspend offshore petroleum drilling in the Arctic Ocean for 2013. Shell drilled last year in both the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's northwest coast and in the Beaufort S... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:42:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1919806-shell-suspends-drilling-arctic-ocean-2013.html 2013-02-27T21:42:27Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1915686-spin-meter-dubious-list-budget-horribles.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and his officials are doing their best to drum up public concern over the shock wave of spending cuts that could strike the government in just days. So it's a good time to be alert for sky-is-falling hype. Administration officials are coming forward with a grim compendium of jobs to be lost, services to be denied o... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:48:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1915686-spin-meter-dubious-list-budget-horribles.html 2013-02-26T18:48:34Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1913492-obama-warns-risks-budget-cut-uncertainty.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Monday said looming automatic spending cuts are already affecting the economy, while a top administration official warned that the nation's borders would be less secure if billions of dollars are yanked from the budget Friday. "The uncertainty is already having an effect," Obama said. "Companies are preparing la... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:48:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1913492-obama-warns-risks-budget-cut-uncertainty.html 2013-02-26T01:48:51Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1914850-salazar-thousands-interior-workers-imperiled.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says thousands of Interior Department workers would be furloughed, and thousands more seasonal workers would not be hired under automatic spending cuts set to take effect Friday. Visiting hours at all 398 national parks are likely to be cut and sensitive areas would be blocked off to the public under what S... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:53:08 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1914850-salazar-thousands-interior-workers-imperiled.html 2013-02-26T00:53:08Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1908588-alaska-senator-pushes-wildlife-refuge-road.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Thin barrier islands five miles off the tip of the Alaska Peninsula shelter Izembek Lagoon from the Bering Sea, but it's what's beneath the surface that makes the lagoon special and part of a brewing, cross-continent fight. Sen. Lisa Murkowski is pushing for a road between King Cove, population 938, where flying is often impossibl... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:17:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1908588-alaska-senator-pushes-wildlife-refuge-road.html 2013-02-22T18:17:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906378-management-plan-alaska-petroleum-reserve.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new management plan for the vast National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska splits the Indiana-size area roughly in half between conservation areas and land available for petroleum development, and allows pipelines carrying oil or gas to be constructed through the federal reserve. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Thursday he had ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:50:14 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1906378-management-plan-alaska-petroleum-reserve.html 2013-02-21T21:50:14Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of the National Congress of American Indians urged the House on Thursday to pass the Violence Against Women Act so Native Americans and Alaska Natives can "protect their own people and surrounding communities against brutality." Jefferson Keel's appeal followed Senate passage on Tuesday of the act that continues to allow fu... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:44:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1891936-womens-security-raised-american-indian-leader.html 2013-02-14T20:44:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878148-coal-sales-investigated-feds-violations-yet.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Department of Interior is investigating whether mining companies are skirting royalty rules as they increase exports of coal to Asia, federal officials disclosed Friday. No violations have yet been issued, but a newly released report to two U.S. senators says audits of overseas sales have just begun for years when coal expo... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 23:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1878148-coal-sales-investigated-feds-violations-yet.html 2013-02-08T23:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1872072-obama-picks-outdoor-retail-exec-to-lead-interior.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to bike, ski and climb mountains. As president and chief executive at Recreational Equipment Inc., Sally Jewell has applied her passion to her job, helping push REI to nearly $2 billion in annual revenues and a place on Fortune Magazine's l... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 23:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1872072-obama-picks-outdoor-retail-exec-to-lead-interior.html 2013-02-06T23:16:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Energy Secretary Steven Chu, who won a Nobel Prize in physics but came under questioning for his handling of a solar energy loan, is stepping down. Chu offered his resignation to President Barack Obama in a letter Friday. He said he will stay on at least until the end of February and may stay until a successor is confirmed. Chu's departu... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1862946-energy-secretary-chu-to-step.html 2013-02-01T20:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's second-term energy agenda is taking shape and, despite the departure of key Cabinet officials, it looks a lot like the first: more reliance on renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, and expanded production of oil and natural gas. Obama also is promising to address climate change, an issue he has acknowledged was sometimes... Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1827988-obama-to-confront-oil-pipeline-climate-change.html 2013-01-17T19:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who oversaw a moratorium on offshore drilling after the BP oil spill and promoted alternative energy sources throughout the nation, will step down in March. A former U.S. senator from Colorado, Salazar ran the Interior Department throughout President Barack Obama's first term and pushed renewable power suc... Wed, 16 Jan 2013 22:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1824166-interior-chief-salazar-stepping-march.html 2013-01-16T22:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The composition of President Barack Obama's second term Cabinet became clearer Wednesday, with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis resigning and three other members of the president's team deciding to stay on amid concerns about diversity in Obama's inner circle. Solis, a former California congresswoman and one of the highest-ranking Hispanics i... Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1809686-obama-cabinet-shuffle-taking-shape.html 2013-01-10T02:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1807384-salazar-coast-guard-drill-vessel-reviews.html ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A day after Royal Dutch Shell PLC towed a damaged floating drill rig to shelter from a remote Alaska island, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the department will perform an "expedited, high-level assessment" of the 2012 Arctic offshore drilling season. Salazar said the review will pay special attention to challenges that S... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 21:45:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1807384-salazar-coast-guard-drill-vessel-reviews.html 2013-01-08T21:45:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800684-senators-coal-exports-skirt-royalties.html BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Lawmakers asked the U.S. Department of Interior on Friday to review whether companies are shortchanging federal and state governments out of millions of dollars in royalties on coal exported to foreign markets. The request from Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski comes as U.S. coal exports hit record levels last yea... Sat, 05 Jan 2013 01:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1800684-senators-coal-exports-skirt-royalties.html 2013-01-05T01:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761728-colorado-river-depleting-regional-resource.html LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government isn't going to tap the Missouri River to slake the thirst of a drought-parched Southwest, the government's top water official said Wednesday. But rising demand and falling supply have water managers in the arid West considering a host of other options to deal with dire projections that the Colorado River — the main ... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1761728-colorado-river-depleting-regional-resource.html 2012-12-12T22:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744082-spending-cuts-shadow-obama-meeting-with-tribes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Hours after talking tough against Republicans in "fiscal cliff" negotiations, President Barack Obama and members of his Cabinet reassured hundreds of Native American leaders the administration's programs and efforts on their behalf would continue. Obama ticked off a list of achievements by his administration on behalf of Native Americans... Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1744082-spending-cuts-shadow-obama-meeting-with-tribes.html 2012-12-05T21:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1734882-us-to-sell-wind-energy-leases-3.html PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The federal government plans to sell leases for wind farms off the coasts of Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Virginia, marking the first time it has sold competitive leases for wind energy on the outer continental shelf, officials said Friday. The leases for the two areas, which total more than 430 square miles, will be sold next y... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:15:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1734882-us-to-sell-wind-energy-leases-3.html 2012-11-30T20:15:00Z