Former corporate executive Sally Jewell is set to be sworn in as the 51st secretary of interior on Friday afternoon, following an overwhelming Senate confirmation vote Wednesday.  More »

Outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he expects his successor to reveal new rules for oil and gas drilling soon after she takes over the job.  More »

Sally Jewell was sworn in as interior secretary on Friday, making her the 51st person — and only the second woman — to hold the job.  More »

The Senate confirmed Sally Jewell as Interior secretary on Wednesday, putting the onetime petroleum engineer and business executive in charge of a sprawling government agency that is responsible for overseeing energy development, recreation and other activities on hundreds of millions of acres of public lands.  More »

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Friday he is optimistic that the nation’s first offshore wind farm will break ground this year after more than a decade of delays.  More »

Federal regulators have focused scrutiny on Shell’s Arctic drilling program, but top Obama administration officials say ConocoPhillips and other companies planning to search for oil in the same area better be paying attention.  More »

In a Q&A with FuelFix, outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar reflects on his tenure in Washington, D.C., including a brush with Texas Gov. Rick Perry over the dunes lizard, reforming regulation of the offshore oil industry, and a Senate that actually got things done.  More »

During his time heading the Interior Department, outgoing Secretary Ken Salazar has more often come down on the side of conservation — winning applause from outdoor enthusiasts and some environmentalists but drawing jeers from the oil and gas industry.  More »

See the results of an environmental restoration effort on Gulf Coast, where once barren land is now covered with grass and wildlife. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar visited the area Wednesday, saying he hopes it will become the “best restoration project in the entire world.”  More »

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted in favor of President Barack Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell to be Interior secretary on Thursday. But even supportive senators listed a series of concerns with the business executive.  More »

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar toured wetlands along the Gulf Coast, where efforts to restore wildlife in the wake of damaging hurricanes and the Gulf oil spill are underway.  More »

Embattled British oil giant BP, one of the largest leaseholder in the Gulf of Mexico, skipped Wednesday’s high-stakes lease sale, amid ongoing legal troubles and disputes with federal regulators over the fallout from the 2010 oil spill.  More »