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Interior Secretary Salazar today honored four government and tribal employees with the annual Secretary of the Interior Historic Preservation Awards, recognizing their outstanding contributions to the preservation of historic places and artifacts.

Interior Secretary Salazar and BOEMRE Director Bromwich announced today that BOEMRE has finalized a proposed rule that will eliminate a redundant step in the noncompetitive leasing process for commercial renewable energy development ...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a $102 million construction contract as part of the project to overhaul the generators in the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam.

Interior Secretary Salazar today announced that the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting has agreed to develop an Ecosystem-Based Management initiative for protecting the Arctic's environment...

Interior Secretary Salazar today presented the Secretary of the Interior's Lifetime Conservation Achievement Award to Henry L. Diamond, one of the architects of the Land and Water Conservation Fund, for six decades of dedicated service to conservatio

Shell Oil Company, Shell Offshore Inc., Shell Frontier Oil & Gas Inc., and Shell Western Exploration and Production (Shell Defendants) have agreed to pay the US $2.2 million plus interest to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act.

The Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today unveiled a work plan that will allow the agency to focus its resources on the species most in need of protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Even as the nation battled the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama Administration continued to make significant gains last year in expanding renewable energy initiatives on public lands and offshore areas...

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named Alexander Wade Barker and LindaLee “Cissy” Kuuleinai Farm to serve on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Committee.

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Hayes and NOAA Administrator Lubchenco today issued statements regarding the National Academy of Sciences report on the use of science and adaptive management in California's Bay Delta Conservation Plan.