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Trump names Burgum Interior secretary, energy czar | President-elect Trump has named Doug Burgum as both his choice as Interior secretary and the leader of a brand new National Energy Council. |
Trump described the new council as consisting of "all Departments and Agencies involved in the permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation, transportation, of ALL forms of American Energy." He added that the council will be charged with cutting red tape, "enhancing" private sector investment and focusing on innovation rather than regulation. In addition, Burgum will have a seat on the White House's National Security Council. Burgum briefly mounted his own presidential bid this cycle before dropping out and endorsing Trump. He was among the contenders to be Trump's vice president. As North Dakota governor, Burgum was at the helm of a major fossil-fuel producing state. North Dakota is third in the nation for oil production and seventh for coal production. While leading the state, Burgum said he hoped to reach net-zero emissions. But he said the state could get there not by cutting back its use of planet-warming fossil fuels but rather by reducing and offsetting its emissions through use of carbon capture technology. Read more at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter, we're Rachel Frazin and Zack Budryk — keeping you up to speed on the policies impacting everything from oil and gas to new supply chains. |
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President-elect Trump has chosen North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) to lead the Interior Department, which manages the nation's public lands and waters. Trump also said Friday that Burgum would lead a newly formed "national energy council" that's in charge of energy " permitting, production, generation, distribution, regulation [and] transportation" |
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The top Democrat on the House Natural Resources Committee called on President Biden Friday to take action to permanently restrict drilling off U.S. coastal waters before leaving office in January. |
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Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm warned Friday that President-elect Trump's reported plans to cut consumer subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs) would benefit China. |
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The uniform adoption of just four waste management policies around the world could eliminate more than 90 percent of the planet's plastic waste and nearly a third of associated carbon emissions by … |
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The World Needs Plastic, Not Plastic Pollution |
The American Chemistry Council supports a global agreement to end plastic pollution while retaining the benefits plastic provides. Learn more. |
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Next week Tuesday: Wednesday: - The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing on needs for disaster funding. Criswell and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg are slated to testify.
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Two key stories on The Hill right now: |
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Republican senators are warning that former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) nomination to serve as President-elect Trump’s attorney general is in serious trouble, even though Republicans will control 53 seats in the upper chamber next year. Read more |
| Capitol Hill Democrats are pressing the White House to pull out all the stops to gird the executive branch against President-elect’s Trump’s promised efforts to tear down federal agencies and restructure them to his liking. Read more |
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