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Department of Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell called protesters with the national “Keep It in the Ground” campaign “naïve,” on the grounds that their calls for an immediate shift to renewable energy sources is impossible, and that technological advances in the sector, while progressing, are still many years away.

The United States needs “a major course correction” in its approach to conservation, according to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, who on Tuesday outlined a long-term overview and plans for the rest of the year which include reviews of previous land use decisions.

The United States needs “a major course correction” in its approach to conservation, according to U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, who on Tuesday outlined a long-term overview and plans for the rest of the year which include reviews of previous land use decisions.

Fifteen months after the federal government considered adding — for the first time — areas of the Atlantic Ocean to its five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program, the Obama administration on Tuesday removed the areas from consideration, citing criticism from coastal communities and the military.

The Department of Interior (DOI) will release a final rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on public lands within days, and it is months away from unveiling standards designed to cut methane emissions from drilling on public lands as well, according to Secretary Sally Jewell.

Governors of western states have asked for clarification from U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell on the federal agency’s efforts to save the greater sage grouse in the face of congressional action to delay a federal listing decision on the bird.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said she thinks local bans on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) are “the wrong way to go” because they’re based on fear, not science, and would lead to regulatory confusion for the oil and gas industry as it looks to develop shale formations.

President Obama Monday gave his official nod to nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz as nominee for secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), and to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) air pollution official Gina McCarthy to head up the EPA.