Apologies for a very short diary - but I have a simple point to make.
Salazar was the wrong person for Obama to appoint to Interior. We needed someone who would undo years of stacking the MMS with anti-environmental industry supporters, and do it fast. Clearly, it didn't happen.
Here's part of the Wikipedia entry on Salazar:
In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel-efficiency standards (CAFE) for cars and trucks, a vote that the League of Conservation Voters notes is anti-environment. In the same year, Salazar voted against an amendment to repeal tax breaks for ExxonMobil and other major petroleum companies.[6]
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In 2006, Salazar voted to end protections that limit offshore oil drilling in Florida's Gulf Coast.[7]
In 2007, Salazar was one of only a handful of Democrats to vote against a bill that would require the United States Army Corps of Engineers to consider global warming when planning water projects.
I'm sorry to have to say that Obama let us down by appointing to one of the more important cabinet posts an individual who puts the profits of the oil industry ahead of the public good.