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Interview: Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar [1]

The Environment Report's Lester Graham interviews Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about problems and challenges he faces.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Env. Report [5], 05/21/2009

Senate Confirms Interior Deputy [6]

"The Senate confirmed David J. Hayes as a top Interior Department deputy last night as two Republican senators ended a standoff with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that had held up Hayes's nomination."
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: WashPost [7], 05/21/2009

"Senate Confirms 3 Nominees for DOE, 1 for Interior" [8]

"The Senate yesterday unanimously approved three top-level Energy Department nominees and one Interior Department nominee."
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [9], 05/21/2009

Guns in Parks Bill Goes to Obama [10]

The House passed a measure that would allow visitors to carry loaded, concealed guns in National Parks. It passed 279 to 147, with 105 Democratic votes.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: WashPost [11], 05/21/2009

Lisa Jackson Interview [12]

EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson is interviewed by Lester Graham of The Environment Report.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: Environment Report [13], 05/20/2009

"Advocates of Gun Rights Are Poised for a Victory" [14]

"Advocates of gun rights are poised to win a Congressional victory that eluded them under a Republican president." Visitors carrying loaded and concealed weapons in National Parks.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [15], 05/20/2009

TX DEQ Boss Mum on Meetings With Asarco Lobbyist [16]

A Texas state senator is seeking documents on meetings between Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Chairman H.S. Buddy Garcia and a lobbyist for Asarco as he was preparing to approve its application to reopen a smelter.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [17]
Source: Austin American-Statesman [18], 05/19/2009

"DOJ Nominee's Industry Experience a Worry for Some" [19]

President Obama picks Ignacia Moreno to be the nation's top environmental prosecutor at the Justice Department. Environmentalists criticize her background as corporate attorney for General Electric.
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [20], 05/18/2009
August 4, 2009 to August 8, 2009

First World Congress of Environmental History [21]

Topics include global change, renewable energy, water resources, forest management, biodiversity, agriculture, traditional knowledge and environmental justice.
Professional Meetings [22]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [23]
Agriculture [24]
Energy & Fuel [25]
Forests [26]
Water & Oceans [27]
Environmental Politics [2]
Region: 
International [28]

"New York City Official Is Obama Pick for C.D.C." [29]

"President Obama will announce on Friday that he has chosen Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, the New York City health commissioner, as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...."
Environmental Politics [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Source: NYTimes [30], 05/15/2009

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