“We are committed to developing our nation’s conventional resources -- in the right way and in the right places -- while also developing the renewable energy technologies that will shape this century.” Salazar said the United States is the Saudi Arabia of coal and that the nation will continue to rely on this critical domestic energy resource for years to come. "But U.S. companies should be leading the world, developing and exporting to countries like China and India advanced coal technologies that promote carbon capture and sequestration ... Interior wants to be a full partner in this job creating effort and will look to scale up carbon capture and sequestration on the public lands that we manage with large-scale demonstration projects." Salazar noted that Interior’s Bureau of Land Management has held 29 onshore oil and gas lease sales and its Minerals Management Service has conducted two offshore auctions this year. Full Article at All American Patriots