Environmental groups alarmed as Doug Burgum picked for US interior secretary

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/15/doug-burgum-interior-department-trump?CMP=share_btn_url

Environmental groups alarmed as Doug Burgum picked for US interior secretary

Several groups say North Dakota governor will sacrifice public lands on the ‘altar of the fossil fuel industry’s profits’
Maya Yang and Maanvi Singh Fri 15 Nov 2024 14.57 EST

Donald Trump’s nomination of North Dakota’s Republican governor, Doug Burgum, as the interior secretary has prompted swift backlash from environmental advocacy groups alarmed at the incoming administration’s plans to use federal lands for oil and gas drilling.

Trump also announced in a statement on Friday his intention to make Burgum chair of a National Energy Council he intends to form to “oversee the path to U.S. ENERGY DOMINANCE” and to focus on “the battle for AI superiority”.

Burgum, a former businessman, has been governor since 2016 of North Dakota, which is the third largest oil and natural gas producer in the country. Burgum, if confirmed by the Senate, would manage US federal lands including national parks and wildlife refuges, as well as oversee relations with 574 federally recognized Native American tribes....................


...............Burgum’s views on matters outside of climate and energy, however, have long been reactionary. He signed a number of bills targeting LGBTQ+ people in North Dakota, including ones that banned gender-affirming care for minors, restricted drag shows, and banned trans people from using bathrooms and shower facilities that match their gender identity in prisons, domestic violence shelters or state university families.

[LymphocyteLover]

1. he's bad but it's hard to imagine a Trump pick for interior that wouldn't be bad

[Skittles]

2. why should he be any different from the other pics

only real qualification is TRUMP WHORE