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Tagged: department of the interior

Coal Royalties
5:20 pm
Fri February 8, 2013

Department Of Interior Investigates Possible Coal Royalty Dodge

Credit U.S. Department of the Interior website
The U.S. Interior Secretary promised to aggressively pursue coal companies that violate the law.
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 The Secretary of Interior has formed a task force to determine if coal companies are underpaying royalties for coal mined on public land and sold in Asia. And it has confirmed it is investigating one coal company for potential criminal wrongdoing.

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U.S. Secretary of Interior
4:36 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

Washington Governor Calls REI CEO And Seattle Area-Native Jewell A Friend

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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 4:05 pm

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Governor Jay Inslee calls President Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Interior “a friend.” The President Wednesday announced REI CEO Sally Jewell as his choice to replace Ken Salazar.

Inslee says Jewell -- a Seattle-area native -- believes natural resource protection and economic development can go hand-in-hand.

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