Environment News Service: To reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil, build a clean energy economy and create new jobs, Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar Wednesday established an energy and climate change task force. The task force will identify specific zones on U.S. public lands where the department can facilitate a “rapid and responsible move to large-scale production of solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy,” the secretary said. “We will assign a high priority to identifying renewable …