Sentences with phrase «secretary ken»

Launching the consultation, «Appointments and Diversity: A Judiciary for the 21st Century», this week, justice secretary Ken Clarke said: «Candidates should always be assessed on merit.

«I genuinely believe «access to justice» is the hallmark of a civilised society,» wrote the then justice secretary Ken Clarke as he introduced his legal aid reforms.

During the debate on the second reading of the Bill, the justice secretary Ken Clarke revealed the possibility «up to # 20m» to help Citizens Advice Bureau, law centres and other not - for - profit advice agencies to provide social welfare law advice.

Perhaps the most important critic of the engraved quote is U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, whose heads the department that is ultimately responsible for U.S. national memorials.

Last October, when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced approval of the first two new solar plants on public lands in more than two decades, Johanna Wald, the NRDC's senior attorney, hailed the move as «a major milestone in renewable energy on public lands and a down payment on America's transition to a clean energy economy.»

The industry revived when President Barack Obama took office and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced he wanted to reach the 10,000 - megawatt goal by the end of the administration's first term in 2012.

In a move to protect endangered species, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Thursday that his department had reversed a Bush administration decision to double the amount of logging allowed in and around old - growth forests in western Oregon.

«We thank President Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar for protecting these remarkable landscapes and establishing new national treasures for Americans to explore and enjoy for generations to come.»

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has also announced that in April the agency will hold a series of public hearings on offshore drilling in Alaska, New Jersey, New Orleans and San Francisco.

«Last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar responded to broad support from the public, scientific community, tourism industry, and downstream water users by announcing a 20 - year plan to protect the Grand Canyon from growing uranium mining pressures.

Two months later, incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar invalidated the auction.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar scrapped the Bush administration's lease plan in January, but said the Obama administration is open to drilling in some areas and would work with Congress to craft «a plan that makes sense.»

The Environment and Public Works Committee kicked off the hearings this week with testimonies from the likes of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, and the EPA's Lisa Jackson.

The nation's first offshore windfarm, Cape Wind, gained approval last week from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

In a third letter, a broad alliance of more than 140 faith, human - rights, social justice and environmental groups called on Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today to «fully acknowledge the reality and science of climate change in the Arctic, and grant polar bears full protection as an «endangered» species.»

Coming in from a number of sources, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced that the Mineral Management Service will be split into two parts: One to

At a press conference announcing the findings, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar declared that Shell had «screwed up,» and the report concluded:

After investigating irregularities in the auction, the Obama Administration took many of the leases off the table, with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar criticizing the process as «a headlong rush.»

(Former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's attempts to tout those revenues were undermined when local media revealed that he had overstated the figure «by a factor of 10,» according to the executive director of the Wyoming Mining Association.)

Just last month, Interior Secretary Ken Salazer extended a two year ban on any new mining claims within one million acres of the Grand Canyon.

Grijalva, citing a letter from Greenpeace to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, claims federal employees are not allowed to take payment from outside organizations, particularly for «teaching, speaking and writing that relates to [their] official duties.»

Secretary Ken Salazar, soon after his appointment to head the Department of the Interior (DOI), began opening up the ocean energy potential of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS).

Last October, President Barack Obama's Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and California Democratic Rep. George Miller toured SunPower's plant in California.

Despite the link between the Powder River Basin and global warming, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar recently proposed to sign off on twelve new coal leases totaling up to 5.7 billion tons of new mining in the region.

Completion of the Federal Permitting process for Cape Wind is expected soon when U.S. Secretary Ken Salazar issues a Record of Decision on Cape Wind.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce Tuesday that he is approving two large solar collection systems in the California desert.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar appeared before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday morning to talk about what his agency has done to boost renewable energy developments, and he highlighted the agreement with FERC as a key step in achieving that goal.

«We have made impressive gains, approving dozens of utility - scale solar, wind and geothermal projects in the West and transitioning from planning to commercial leasing for offshore wind,» Outgoing Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told some 300 industry leaders in a keynote address at the Offshore Wind Power USA Conference in Boston February 26.

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar yesterday approved a 500 - megawatt (MW), 6,320 - acre solar power facility to be built in Nevada's Amargosa Desert, just east of Death Valley National Park.

May 15, 6:30 p.m. Updated The new approach hit an unspecified snag, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

In response to a rash of new mining claims near Grand Canyon National Park, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a temporary halt in 2009 to new claimstaking on nearly 1 million acres of public land surrounding the park.

After nearly two years of debate, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is expected to announce approval of a 20 - year moratorium on new uranium mining claims.

On Sunday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar threatened quite bluntly to bump BP from authority if its solutions continue to come up short:

While the bar may be higher for approvals, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was plainspoken in trying to convey the overall message, saying: «We are open for business.»

According to data from the DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratories recently cited by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the gross offshore wind energy resources of the mid-Atlantic region alone exceed the total output of all the coal - fired power plants in the country.

On Wednesday, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and other government officials were briefed at length by BP engineers and officials and Chu said things were «looking up.»

(ABC and TWS were among the signatories to a letter sent earlier this year to Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, «urg [ing] the development of a Department - wide policy opposing Trap - Neuter - Release and the outdoor feeding of cats as a feral cat management option, coupled with a plan of action to address existing infestations affecting lands managed by the Department of the Interior.»)

After poet Maya Angelou and others disputed the abridgement, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar finally ordered the park service to correct it.

Secretary LaHood, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and FTA Administrator Rogoff traveled to Commerce City, Colorado, to announce a $ 1,735,000 grant to expand the Rocky Mountain Greenway, a pedestrian and bicycle trail system that will connect the Denver metropolitan area's trail systems, three National Wildlife Refuges in the region and Rocky Mountain National Park.

SALT LAKE CITY — A states» rights, public lands movement with its genesis in Utah was blasted by former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Thursday as an effort that threatens to undo the successes of American conservation policy.

Bill Bennett, for example, hosted U.K. education secretary Ken Baker on multiple occasions, and the Downing Street staff team, too.

I'm currently serving on a 12 - citizen panel appointed by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to advise the National Park System, which represents 394 of America's most significant places, from the National Mall, which has just added the Martin Luther King, Jr..

The proposals, unveiled yesterday by U.K. Justice Secretary Ken Clarke, include conferring more protection on statements dealing with matters of «public interest» and requiring that a statement must cause «substantial harm» before it becomes defamatory.

The organization met with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Tuesday to discuss their stake in the allocation of Colorado River water resources (E&E Daily, July 19).

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that he will retain the Bush administration's controversial rule on polar bear protections, rejecting special authority given to him by Congress and the pleas of Democratic lawmakers, environmentalists and scientists to overturn the regulation.

Several top Obama administration officials also testified today, including U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Jon Wellinghoff.

«We welcome the administration's decision because we, like Secretary Ken Salazar, recognize that the Endangered Species Act is not the proper mechanism for controlling our nation's carbon emissions,» American Petroleum Institute President Jack Gerard said.

The newly - appointed shadow business secretary Ken Clarke gave his first speech in his new post today, to a conference hosted by the think - tank, Reform, at the London Stock Exchange.

There is no link between rising levels of imprisonment and falling crime, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said.

Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said a European Court of Human Rights ruling means some inmates should get the vote.