"Major Burgum Donor Lands Plum Job at Interior Department"
"William Hague is a former telecom executive, and a campaign contributor to Doug Burgum, the current Interior Secretary."
Source: Public Domain, 09/19/2025
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Trump DOI Wants To Cancel Biden Rule For Conservation As ‘Use’ Of Public Land
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Wednesday proposed canceling a public land management rule that put conservation on equal footing with development, as President Donald Trump’s administration seeks to open more taxpayer-owned tracts to drilling, logging, mining and grazing."
Source: AP, 09/11/2025
"Democratic Lawmakers Demand Interior DOGE Leader’s Financial, Ethics Docs"
"Documents obtained by Public Domain raise ethics questions about former oil executive Tyler Hassen's investments." "A day after two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter seeking Tyler Hassen's financial and ethics documents, Hassen was replaced as Interior's Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget."
Source: Public Domain, 09/08/2025
"White House Orders Agencies to Escalate Fight Against Offshore Wind"
"The White House has taken the extraordinary step of instructing a half-dozen agencies to draft plans to thwart the country’s offshore wind industry as it intensifies its governmentwide attack on a source of renewable energy that President Trump has criticized as ugly, expensive and inefficient."
Source: NYTimes, 09/04/2025
"Internal Emails Reveal Interior’s Empire Wind Deliberations"
"The messages show the Trump administration included offshore wind foes in the push to cancel permitted projects."
Source: E&E News, 09/02/2025
"Interior Deputizes Border Agents To National Park Sites Amid DC Takeover"
"The Interior Department is deputizing federal border agents and sending them to National Park Service sites amid the federal law enforcement takeover of Washington, D.C., Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday."
Source: The Hill, 08/21/2025
"Trump Admin Redacts Entire Empire Wind Study"
"Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said he halted construction of a wind project off the coast of New York earlier this year because scientists revealed that the Biden administration “rushed approval” of the development based on “flawed science. But Burgum himself won’t reveal what those scientists said — or present the flaws."
Source: E&E News, 08/19/2025
"Burgum Nixes ‘Thoughtless’ Biden Approval Of Idaho Wind Farm"
"The Interior Department reversed the Biden-era approval of a contentious wind project in southern Idaho on Wednesday, part of a broader Trump administration effort to shift development on public lands away from renewable energy."
Source: E&E News, 08/07/2025
"Another Burgum Order Coldcocks Solar And Wind"
"An order issued late Friday by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum that targets wind and solar development has left renewable energy developers and industry observers scrambling to determine whether green energy has any future in the Trump administration."
Source: E&E News, 08/06/2025
The Oil Industry Wrote a Wishlist. Trump Interior Department Is Delivering.
"A top oil trade group submitted a policy wishlist to top DOI appointees. The Department is moving quickly to give industry what it wants."
Source: Public Domain, 08/04/2025
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