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DOI Climate Change Response News
Salazar Hosts White House Clean Energy Economy Forum on Renewable Energy, Job Creation, and Climate Impact and Adaptation
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today hosted a Clean Energy Economy Forum with stakeholders from 39 states across the country at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Deputy Secretary David Hayes and other top Department of the Interior officials spoke about the importance of renewable energy and job creation, climate impact and adaptation, and efforts to support and maintain the treasured landscapes of America in the emerging clean energy economy .more
Secretarial Order Addresses Climate Change Impacts
on U.S. Lands and Oceans
On September 14, 2009, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar launched the Department of the Interior's first-ever
coordinated strategy to address current and future impacts of climate change on America's land, water, ocean, fish,
wildlife, and cultural resources.
"Across the country, Americans are experiencing first-hand the impacts of climate change, from growing pressure
on water supplies to more intense droughts and fires to rampant bark beetle infestations," said Salazar.
"Because Interior manages one-fifth of our nation's landmass and 1.7 billion acres on the Outer Continental Shelf
it is imperative that we tackle these impacts of a failed and outdated energy policy. This secretarial order
is another milestone in our continuing effort to change how Interior does business to respond to the energy
and climate challenges of our time."
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| Secretary Salazar signs a secretarial order launching the Department of the Interior's
coordinated strategy to address climate change. The Secretary is joined by Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes,
Science Advisor Kit Batten, Director of the Minerals Management Service Liz Birnbaum, Assistant Secretary
for Water and Science Anne Castle and other senior officials.
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