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The program, which became effective July 1, 2007, schedules 21 lease sales in eight planning areas. The Minerals Management Service estimates that the program could produce 10 billion barrels of oil and 45 trillion cubic feet of natural gas over 40 years, generating almost $170 billion, in today's dollars, in net benefits for the nation. Secretary Kempthorne Approves Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne approves the Minerals Management Service's 2007-2012 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Oil and Gas Leasing Program. "This energy production will create jobs, provide greater economic and energy security for America and can be accomplished in a safe and environmentally sound manner,” Kempthorne said. “The approval and implementation of this new program mark the culmination of almost two years of extensive consultation by the Department of the Interior with coastal states, the public at large, the environmental community and the natural gas and oil industry. The new program balances the critical need for domestic energy resources with protection of human, marine and coastal environments." more Bald Eagle Soars Off
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Readers of People, Land & Water, the U.S. Department of the Interior's news magazine, will now be able to access the publication on the Web. more New Interagency Pass Program |
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WASHINGTON, D.C – Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced the removal of the bald eagle from the list of threatened and endangered species at a ceremony at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. After nearly disappearing from most of the United States decades ago, the bald eagle is now flourishing across the nation and no longer needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act. 
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Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne welcomed the unanimous decision made by the World Heritage Committee at a meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand, to remove Everglades National Park from the World Heritage in Danger List in recognition of the progress the United States has made in addressing key issues that led to the listing of the park in 1993.
