{"id":10342,"date":"2025-01-16T09:08:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T16:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=10342"},"modified":"2025-04-26T16:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T22:31:08","slug":"public-lands-pick-for-secretary-of-the-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/?p=10342","title":{"rendered":"Public Lands &#8211; Pick for Secretary of the Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-090526.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10343\" src=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-090526.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"662\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-090526.jpg 662w, https:\/\/sbbch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-16-090526-300x257.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 662px) 100vw, 662px\" \/><\/a><strong>Who<\/strong>: Doug Burgum<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nominated for<\/strong>: Secretary of the Interior<\/p>\n<p><strong>You might know him from<\/strong>: The 2024 Republican presidential primary. The former governor of North Dakota ran on his experience as a successful businessman before\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/12\/04\/1215889596\/doug-burgum-drops-out-gop-primary\">dropping out of the primary<\/a>\u00a0and becoming a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, then the front-runner, landing on the VP shortlist.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More about Burgum:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"edTag\">\n<li>He sold his software company to Microsoft in 2001 for $1.1 billion.<\/li>\n<li>He is a big booster of oil and gas drilling.<\/li>\n<li>He pledged for North Dakota to be carbon neutral by 2030, largely through carbon capture and storage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Position:<\/strong>\u00a0The Department of the Interior oversees public and federal lands and their natural resources, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service.\n<div class=\"hr\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>If confirmed as secretary of the interior, Doug Burgum would become a key player in implementing one of the Trump administration&#8217;s overarching goals:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/13\/nx-s1-5181963\/trump-promises-more-drilling-in-the-u-s-to-boost-fossil-fuel-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>&#8220;Drill, baby, drill<\/u><\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of the Interior manages roughly one-fifth of the lands and waters of the United States, giving Burgum \u2014 the former governor of an oil-rich state \u2014 significant leverage to increase domestic oil and gas production, which is already at an all-time high. But the massive department also oversees national parks and monuments, endangered species protections and relations with federally recognized Native American tribes.<\/p>\n<p>During the first Trump administration, the Department of the Interior\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/11\/25\/666373189\/trump-push-for-energy-dominance-boosts-drilling-on-public-land\">cut regulations<\/a>\u00a0to make it easier to drill on federal land,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/16\/nx-s1-5261022\/trumps-pick-for-secretary-of-the-interior-department-is-doug-burgum-heres-what-to-know\">significantly weakened the power and scope<\/a>\u00a0of the Endangered Species Act and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/16\/nx-s1-5261022\/trumps-pick-for-secretary-of-the-interior-department-is-doug-burgum-heres-what-to-know\">shrunk two national monuments<\/a>. Deb Haaland, secretary of the Interior during the Biden administration, reversed many of these actions and focused on boosting conservation and renewable energy.<\/p>\n<p>Burgum is expected to reverse course again. Burgum&#8217;s pro-drilling stance is fairly well established, and as Trump&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/11\/14\/g-s1-34190\/trump-interior-department-doug-burgum-north-dakota-governor\">proposed head of the newly proposed National Energy Council<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 a body that will oversee regulatory processes across government agencies \u2014 he&#8217;d have considerable power to push fossil fuel extraction.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/01\/16\/nx-s1-5261022\/trumps-pick-for-secretary-of-the-interior-department-is-doug-burgum-heres-what-to-know\">READ MORE<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who: Doug Burgum Nominated for: Secretary of the Interior You might know him from: The 2024 Republican presidential primary. The former governor of North Dakota ran on his experience as a successful businessman before\u00a0dropping out of the primary\u00a0and becoming a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump, then the front-runner, landing on the VP shortlist. 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