Topic: Dirk Kempthorne
Federal judge sets deadline for gov't to explain polar bear's listing as 'threatened' speciesA federal judge has given the Interior Department a Dec. 23 deadline to explain why polar bears were listed in 2008 as a "threatened" species instead of ...
Transcending Speciesism Since October 2008 ) for permission to republish this article.. Now we use polar bears in the Arctic. However, the Bushies propounded a rule-later embraced by the Obama Administration-excluding carbon emissions from regulation under the ESA. Nonetheless, in the heady optimism ...
Kempthorne, Norton tell Congress that major oil spill in Gulf was beyond what anyone expectedTwo former Interior secretaries told Congress Tuesday they did not anticipate an accident as large as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.But Gale Norton ...
US polar bear regulator acknowledges there's little to do to stop loss of animals' ice habitatPolar bear policy in America can be summed up succinctly: The iconic bears are threatened with extinction, and so far nothing much is being done.Two ...
The government on Friday designated national historic landmarks in nine states in recognition of their role in U.S. history.The landmarks, among fewer than 2,500 historic places with the same distinction, were recommended by the National Park System's advisory ...
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touts ethics reforms after scandals haunt agencyInterior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne defended his two-year tenure in Washington, D.C., saying it was highlighted by ethics reforms he hopes will improve the agency's integrity after a slew of scandals ...
When Ken Salazar defeated beer magnate Pete Coors in Colorados 2004 Senate race, one of the few bright notes for Democrats in a year in which Republicans picked up four seats, the 49-year-old state attorney general seemed destined for national political stardom ...
The Bush administration today issued its final notice of review identifying 251 species that are candidates for protection as endangered species. "This review is the last page in a dark chapter for endangered species," said Noah Greenwald, biodiversity program director for the ...
In its latest last-minute attempt to roll back environmental regulations, the Bush administration today announced that it will finalize a new rule that eliminates a regulatory provision requiring the Bureau of Land Management to withdraw lands from mining when Congress determines that ...
A tentative agreement has been reached to begin decommissioning four dams on the Klamath River, an issue that has been a hotbed of controversy in recent years. The news was announced today by top officials with the U.S. Department of Interior ...
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Dirk Kempthorne Nominated, Interior Secretary 2006...
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Key note speaker Dirk Kempthorne talks about his experiences as ...2010-10-15
