Ken Salazar: “it is, in my mind, completely unacceptable to have a developer of an oil and gas wind farm having to wait 7 to 9 years…”

I can guarantee you, Senator Alexander, that there will never be a wind farm built in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park.

We will do everything we can because it is highest priority for the President of the United States and for me to move forward.

We have seen that national security and environmental conservation are mutually supporting goals.

When you think about the public lands being leased out at $1.35 an AUM, adding the $1 administrative fee at $2.35 still gives a tremendous benefit and advantage to part of the heritage of this country, which is the ranching heritage of…