by RLMiller
Last week President Obama announced that the Minerals Management Service would be split into three parts, informally titled Money, Safety, and Giving Away The Store. Elizabeth Birnbaum has resigned as head of the MMS, and Mr. Abbey has been nominated to serve as acting head. The plan doesn't go far enough to satisfy Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who believes that it's time to abolish MMS and start anew. Nor does it please Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, which has scathing comments about Ken Salazar's "erratic leadership" and wants to see MMS' environmental and safety functions transferred outside the Interior Department entirely. But is Mr. Abbey a good choice to clean up the MMesS?
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