Public Land Energy in the Obama Era - the good, the bad and the ugly March 19, 2013

Former Assistant Interior Secretary Rebecca Watson will take a look back at President Obama's first term energy policies at Interior - the focus, accomplishments and missteps-and make a forecast of what's ahead in the second term. From the new Sheriff, Ken Salazar, closing the oil and gas candy store, to public land utility solar, coal leasing and the BP Gulf explosion the first four years were action-packed. What will be the focus of a new Secretary of Interior and an emboldened White House for federal energy development in the second term? Will a BLM fracing rule slow down the "shale gale," will exports of federal minerals be stalled and will climate change be a policy driver for renewables?