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The departure of Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar and other Cabinet members gives oil and gas leaders optimism that President Obama's energy and environmental policies will be friendlier to the industry during his second term. (Associated Press)

Interior’s Salazar helps empty Obama’s Cabinet

By Ben Wolfgang and Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Owner Kevin Lunny looks out at his Drake’s Bay Oyster Co. at Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif. U.S. Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar says he will shut down the historic Northern California oyster farm along Point Reyes National Seashore and designate the site as a wilderness area. (Associated Press)

Feds deny California oyster farm lease renewal

By Jason Dearen - Associated Press

** FILE ** U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, speaks at the National Clean Energy Summit at the Bellagio in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Las Vegas Review-Journal, Jessica Ebelhar)

Wind power at forefront of Reid’s green-energy conference

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

The Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday, June 13, 2012, that it will not declare the dunes sagebrush lizard an endangered species. Officials said voluntary efforts by New Mexico and Texas have headed off the need for the federal government to step in. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

White House retreats on endangered species protection for lizard

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Commerce Secretary John E. Bryson (Associated Press)

Obama pushes tourism as job-creator

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

Solar project opens on federal property

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

HANSON: Cabinet gone wild

By Victor Davis Hanson

Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. ** FILE **

Salazar says critics live in ‘fairy tale’ land

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Rep. Doc Hastings, Washington Republican (Associated Press)

House subpoenas Obama administration on Gulf oil drilling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar gestures during an interview with the Associated Press on Sept. 21, 2011, in Washington. (Associated Press)

PENDLEY: Massive land lockup threatens nuclear future

By William Perry Pendley - The Washington Times

Mitt Romney was an April fool when he was surprised by an empty room in Milwaukee. His staff members had gathered supporters in another room upstairs. Mr. Romney shared the story once he made it to the right room. (Associated Press)

Inside Politics: Milwaukee’s mayor throws wrench in union plan

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar stands in front of a map of the Grand Canyon as he announces a 20-year ban on new mining claims. (Associated Press)

Grand Canyon uranium put off-limits

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Kenneth L. Salazar said his department has approved a solar farm in Arizona and a wind farm in Southern California as part of the Obama administration's drive to support renewable energy projects. (Associated Press)

Administration boosts drive for green energy

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

Solar energy gets renewed push in West

Associated Press

A polar bear rests with her cubs on pack ice in northern Alaska. A federal judge in 2011 said the Bush administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act by failing to conduct an environmental impact review before issuing its ruling on the status of polar bears under the Endangered Species Act. (Associated Press)

Ruling impacts on polar bears

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Senator holds up Salazar’s pay raise over oil drilling

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In a July 28, 2010, file photo, the deepwater rig Noble Danny Adkins is seen from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's helicopter as he arrives to tour the rig in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. The Obama administration, under heavy pressure from the oil industry and others in the Gulf Coast, on Tuesday, Oct. 12 2010, lifted the moratorium on deep water drilling that it imposed in the wake of the disastrous BP oil spill. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)

EDITORIAL: A contemptuous administration

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times