Since he took office, Secretary of Interior Salazar has aggressively limited domestic energy production from efficient sources of energy. He revoked oil and gas leases in Utah, delayed taking action to open up additional areas for offshore energy development, and halted a program to allow commercial oil shale leasing. All of these programs would have [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: APRIL 8, 2009 CONTACT: LAURA HENDERSON 202.621.2951 Drumbeat Continues: Administration Enlists Another Soldier for its War on American Energy Production Washington, D.C. – IER President Thomas J. Pyle issued the following statement in response to Secretary Salazar’s appointment of Ned Farquhar – former employee of the most aggressive of all the anti-energy [...]