Embattled US Interior secretary, who championed expanded Arctic oil development, resigns abruptly
Ryan Zinke's efforts to open more of Alaska's Arctic waters to oil and gas drilling will live on.
December 18, 2018
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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who has spent his two years in office pushing for new oil development across Arctic Alaska’s lands and waters, is leaving his post amid a series of investigations into alleged corruption and ethics breaches.
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