Disgraced ex-US Interior Secretary, Gayle Norton, to Work for Shell

antrim | environment | other press Thursday December 28, 2006 21:55 by Richard Murphy

" ... after her department was linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff"

A few months after her resignation from the Bush administration when her department was linked to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff , former US Interior Secretary Gayle Norton has taken a new job with Royal Dutch Shell.

Once held in contempt of court, Norton will serve as a key legal advisor to Shell’s operations on public lands in the western United States. Norton’s Interior Department routinely dealt with Shell on issues including drilling in environmentally sensitive areas.