Energy decisions will be reviewed
WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said on Tuesday that he is reconsidering a series of controversial energy and environmental decisions handed down in the waning days of the Bush administration.
“I’m very concerned about a number of the midnight actions that were taken by the Bush administration,” Salazar said in his first formal news interview since winning Senate confirmation last week.
Salazar said the list of the late-inning decisions to be reviewed include starting the process for resumption of oil exploration in coastal areas, the move to open federal land near national parks for oil and natural gas drilling, opening parts of the Mountain West for oil shale development and several rulings on the Endangered Species Act.