In an interview with The Washington Post, out going Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said he is satisfied with his tenure, contending he made successful reforms to the department's energy vision.
The first phase of the Environmental Protection Agency's sequester furloughs will begin to affect 17,000 workers on April 21, The Washington Post reports.
House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., introduced legislation to renew the Secure Rural Schools program that would require the Forest Service to actively manage designated timber production areas.
Former White House spokesman Bill Burton, now with the League of Conservation Voters, said growing public support for the Keystone XL pipeline would not impact President Obama's decision on the project, The Washington Post reports.
The Energy Department named Mark A. Gabriel to lead the Western Area Power Administration in Colorado, one of the department's four Power Marketing Administrations.
Billionaire Tom Steyer said he would invest millions of his wealth to support candidates who support climate change action and other environmental policies and "destroy" candidates he thinks are anti-environment, The Hill reports.
