Kathleen Clarke, the first woman to head the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), resigned Thursday after five years as director to return to her home state of Utah. Clarke took over the agency leadership in January 2002.
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Scarlett to Head Up Interior Until Norton Successor Confirmed
Interior Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett became acting secretary of the department when Gale Norton, the first woman to head Interior, departed Friday following five years with the Bush administration.
Norton Resigns as Secretary of Interior Department
Interior Secretary Gale Norton, the first woman to head the department, announced Friday she will resign at the end of the month after five years of service in the Bush administration.
Gas System-Related Toxic Chemical Surfaces Again for PG&E
Chromium 6 — the toxic chemical that made famous Erin Brockovich, the woman and the motion picture, four years ago — has surfaced as an issue again related to Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s natural gas transmission system at the Arizona-California border.
Market Heads in All Directions Following Holiday
The post-holiday market had a little something for everybody’s tastes Monday. Like big upticks? Go west, young man (or woman). Prefer more moderate but still sizeable gains? The Midcontinent was the place to be. How about you ambivalent types that like to mix it up? The Gulf Coast and Midwest citygates were the regions to trade, although losses outweighed the gains. And for the pure bears out there, it didn’t get any more price-negative than in the Northeast.
NGSA Drops Charges Against Canadian Woman in Fraud Case
The Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) in a completeabout-face last week withdrew the civil fraud charges against aformer Canadian Embassy aide less than a month after bringing them.The reason given for the action was to encourage negotiationsbetween the two sides, but some took it as a sign that the chargesmay have been weak.