Big Oil has an ally in Doug Burgum, President Trump's Interior pick
Emails obtained by the Associated Press reveal Doug Burgum as North Dakota governor aided oil and gas executives and leveraged connections to boost his profile.
Doug Burgum Is Confirmed by Senate as Interior Secretary
The former governor of North Dakota is promoting President Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda and wants more oil, gas and mining on public lands.
Senate confirms Doug Burgum to pursue Trump pro-drilling agenda
The Senate has confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as the next Secretary of Interior in a bipartisan vote, further cementing an energy dominance focus in the president’s cabinet.
Senate confirms Burgum as Interior Secretary
The Senate confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary Thursday in a 79-18 vote, with the majority of Senate Democrats joining every Republican in the chamber. Burgum, a
Doug Burgum confirmed by Senate to interior secretary post
The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as interior secretary late Thursday after President Donald Trump tapped the North Dakota billionaire to spearhead the Republican administration’s ambitions to boost fossil fuel production. The vote was 79-18. More than half of Senate Democrats joined all 53 Republicans in voting for Burgum.
Billionaire Oil Ally Doug Burgum Confirmed As Trump’s Interior Chief
The former North Dakota governor will play a key role in carrying out President Donald Trump’s pro-fossil-fuel, anti-renewable-energy vision.
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Doug Burgum, Trump’s interior secretary nominee, advocates for fossil fuels
Video below: Doug Burgum speaks on disaster aid during Interior Secretary confirmation hearing Fossil fuels — oil, natural gas and coal — cause climate change. When they burn, greenhouse ...
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Doug Burgum, Donald Trump’s pick for public lands boss, questions reliability of renewable power
Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S ... Fossil fuels — oil, natural gas and coal — cause climate ...
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Doug Burgum says ‘energy dominance’ will be ‘America’s big stick’ on world stage
Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s ... to cut down on oil and gas drilling in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In recent days, Biden issued an executive order to ban ...
North Dakota sued Interior at least five times under Doug Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency.
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Senate confirms Doug Burgum as Interior secretary
Doug Burgum will be the point person for public land management and President Trump’s “drill, baby, drill" agenda to expand ...