Adults Only - The New Interior Department Reality Show
September 12, 2008
The fine folks who gave America the Teapot Dome Scandal are pleased to bring their fellow citizens a sizzling new take on government outreach, including sex, drugs, and lucrative consulting contracts. The lurid scandal, which centers on Interior’s Royalty-in-Kind program, was co-produced by Chevron, Shell, Gary Williams Energy, and Hess Corporation. Right now there are hundreds of articles to browse at Google News, but I recommend this post at Slate, which has hyperlinks to the internal investigations by Interior’s Office of Inspector General.
- Interior Department to Allow Firearms in Parks and Refuges
On Friday the Interior Department ruled that Americans will be able to carry concealed weapons in some federal parks and wildlife refuges. The announcement overturns a decades-old Reagan Administration... - Obama to Nominate Salazar for Interior
Landowners in the West will have one of their own heading up the Interior Department in the new Obama Administration. According to published reports, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) will be named... - Shuttered Texas Silver Mine to Reopen?
First it was ethanol and the price per acre in the Corn Belt. Then oil and gas began propping up land values in mineral-rich areas such as the huge shales... - Chesapeake Gets $3+ Billion Injection for Marcellus Shale
So the bottom has fallen out of the energy markets and commodity prices are dropping even lower. Next step? Time to welcome the overseas investors. Remember, folks, we’ve got trillions... - Commercial Developers Ask the Treasury Department for $200 Billion Bailout
The Wall Street Journal reports this morning that commercial developers who own thousands of shopping centers, office complexes, hotels, and other commercial buildings have been pressing the Treasury Department...
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