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US Interior Chief Salazar to Step Down; Obama Remakes Energy Team
2013-01-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who helped lead the government's response to the largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, said on Wednesday he will leave his post by the end of March to return to his Colorado ranch. The former U.S. senator came to office pledging to clean up the "mess" at the Interior Department, but it was the massive 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that ultimately spurred the dramatic overhaul of the nation's offshore drilling regulator. Salazar's departure...
Interior Chief Had Common Ground With Oil Industry
2013-01-16 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: As oil spewed from the Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pledged to keep a boot on the neck of BP Plc (BP/) to get it to plug the leak and clean the mess. Then he halted new deepwater drilling. Environmental advocates cheered those actions. Over the next two years, Salazar took a more conciliatory approach with the energy industry, lifting the ban in the Gulf a few months later, agreeing to allow exploration in the Arctic and setting a plan for offshore production...
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Interior chief Salazar stepping down in March
2013-01-16 13:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: 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 such as solar and wind and the settlement of a longstanding dispute with American Indians. With Environmental Protection Agency chief Lisa Jackson also leaving...
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European Union antitrust chief turns tough on mergers
2013-01-16 01:43:46| Trucking - Topix.net
Joaquin Almunia, the European Union's antitrust chief, is starting to look like a tough guy as he prepares to block a third merger in his tenure, fine Microsoft and extract concessions from Google.
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Emerging Markets Morning Roundup: Citi EM Chief Out; Turkey's Bond Rating Battle
2013-01-15 17:24:38| Footwear - Topix.net
India and China may r esume joint military operations that have been suspended since 2009, the Times of India reported.
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