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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama participated in the lighting of the National Christmas Tree and the opening holiday ceremonies on the Ellipse. Entertainment included hip hop ar…

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar visited the Jefferson Memorial to sign the National Mall Plan and announced the next steps in the plan to revitalize and restore the National Mall and t…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, David Hayes, and Michael Bromwich spoke at the at the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling’s third series of meetin…

Government officials and industry executives talked about efforts to improve the ability to respond to deep water drilling blowouts as the deadline for the end of a moratorium on offshore oi…

First ladies Michelle Obama and Laura Bush were the keynote speakers at a ceremony honoring those who died on Flight 93 on September 11, 2001. The ceremony at the future site of the Flight 9…

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco and CEQ Chair Nancy Sutley spoke to reporters about their tour of the Delta National …

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Minerals Management Service’s (MMS) successor agency, testified about the ongoing reorganization of …

Past and present Department of the Interior secretaries testified on the department’s role in BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They also addressed past government regulation and oversig…

Witnesses testified on the draft for the substitute amendment to the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act. The amendment was designed to ensure that oil and gas devel…

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Michael Bromwich, the new director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, testified on the reorganization of the Minerals Management Service. Among the …

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other department officials testified on issues related to the Interior Department’s May 27, 2010, report: “Increased Safety Measures for Energy Development…

The Lincoln Memorial was rededicated to mark the 2009 bicentennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The memorial was originally dedicated on May 30, 1922. Among those in attendance that…

Interior Department officials testified about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and outer continental shelf gas and oil strategy. In their remarks they reiterated BP’s commitment to honor all leg…

Obama administration officials, a bi-partisan group of senators, and Governor Jindal briefed reporters following a tour of the BP oil spill along the Louisiana coast. Governor Jindal accused…

Secretary Salazar talked about the next steps in the reorganization of the Minerals Management Service (MMS). He also responded to questions from reporters.

Witnesses testified at a a hearing on the federal response to the recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They spoke about initial responses, continued efforts to respond to greater environm…

Secretary Ken Salazar, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry and BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles provided an update on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar spoke to reporters about the latest news in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Governor Bobby Jindal and officials from the Environmental Protection Agency and Departments of Homeland Security and the Interior spoke to reporters about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Participants in the first of two panels at the White House Conference on the Great Outdoors talked about environmental conservation efforts in the U.S. Among the topics they addressed were g…