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Salazar stepping down as Interior secretary

John Cohen, Julie Pace The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 10:36am

WASHINGTON -- 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.

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Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior.

Interior secretary regrets threatening to 'punch out' reporter

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 10:42am

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s office said he regrets threatening to hit a Colorado reporter who asked about problems in the government’s wild horse program.

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Bob Abbey, director of the Bureau of Land Management (left), and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar sign the Greater Natural Buttes Record of Decision at the Kern River pipeline compression station in Salt Lake City on Tuesday. Salazar announced the approval of a major natural gas drilling project in Utah that the Obama administration says will support more than 4,000 jobs.

Salazar approves Utah gas wells

Paul Foy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - 3:29pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday announced the approval of a major natural gas drilling project in Utah that the Obama administration says will support more than 4,000 jobs during its development while safeguarding critical wildlife habitat and air quality.

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U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar tours the new Enbridge Silver State North Project solar facility in the Ivanpah Valley near Primm, Nev. The 600-acre array is the first large-scale solar power plant to be built on public land. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)

Official flips switch on solar plant near Vegas

Ken Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, May 7, 2012 - 4:40pm

PRIMM, Nev. — The first commercial solar array approved and built on federal public land began producing electricity Monday from a sun-baked site in the Mojave Desert south of Las Vegas near the Nevada-California state line.

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Mining advocates sue over ban near Grand Canyon

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - 10:26am

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The National Mining Association and the Nuclear Energy Institute are suing the federal government over a 20-year ban on new hard rock mining claims near the Grand Canyon.

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Feds push solar energy in Utah, West

Matthew Daly The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:52pm

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has identified 17 areas in six western states as prime candidates for solar energy projects on public lands.

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GOP-led bill opens up Grand Canyon area to mining

Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 11:55pm

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A group of Republican lawmakers is renewing an effort to open up 1 million acres near the Grand Canyon to new mining claims.

Legislation announced Wednesday would prevent the Interior Department from extending a temporary ban on the filing of new mining claims that expires in December. The group said Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's intention to set aside the land for 20 years would eliminate hundreds of potential jobs, create a de facto wilderness area and unravel decades of responsible resource development.

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(The Associated Press) Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar tours the new Dinosaur National Monument Visitors Center near Vernal during its dedication on Wednesday.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visits Utah

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 11:33pm

MOAB — On a cliff overlooking a potential wilderness area in Southern Utah’s red-rock country, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar emphasized the economic value of outdoor recreation and the need for local input for conservation efforts.