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    Some progressives disappointed in Interior pick Salazar

    By MinnPost staff | Published Tue, Dec 16 2008 10:36 am

    Randy Shaw at San Francisco's alternative online daily, BeyondChron, reports progressives are disappointed at President-elect Barack Obama's choice of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar to head the Department of the Interior. Shaw cites Salazar's votes against increasing fuel-efficiency standards for cars and trucks and against an amendment to repeal tax breaks for ExxonMobil and other major oil companies. Read the rest of the story here.

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