“I intend to do what the prior administration failed to do ¿ incorporate the great potential for wind, wave and ocean tides,” Salazar told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper.
Salazar criticized the previous Bush administration’s ``drill only approach,’’ saying the U.S. needs a comprehensive energy plan that considers all the potential resources in the oceans.
Salazar said he would finish within two months the long-delayed rule to open federal waters for alternative energy projects.
