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Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary

Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling

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

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‘Clean coal’ and federal lands as ‘assets’: Here’s what new Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said about public lands

The land in Utah owned by the federal government — about two-thirds of the state — is now under new management. The U.S. Senate on Thursday confirmed former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior by a vote of 79 to 18.

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Senate confirms Doug Burgum as Secretary of the Interior

The new secretary will also sit on the president's NSC, and will lead the new National Energy Council, which will be critical to Trump's goal of American energy dominance.

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A CEO governor takes the reins at Interior

Over two terms as governor of North Dakota, politics didn’t come naturally to Doug Burgum. Now the former tech executive is ...

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North Dakota sued Interior at least 5 times under Burgum. Now he’s set to run the agency

Lawsuits filed by North Dakota give some insight into former Gov. Doug Burgum's worldview as he prepares to take over ...

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Burgum says he’ll work with Sen. Lee, Utah officials on federal lands issues

Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, nominated for secretary of the Interior, questioned during Senate hearing ...

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Doug Burgum, Trump’s Pick for Public Lands Boss, Questions Reliability of Renewable Power

Doug Burgum, Trump’s Pick for Public Lands Boss ... including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in his home state, under the Antiquities Act. The monuments were created over the ...

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