Kathleen Sgamma to oversee Bureau of Land Management, agency that manages quarter-billion acres of public landDonald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based oil industry trade group Western Energy Alliance, was named Bureau of Land Management director, a position with wide influence over lands used for energy production, grazing, recreation and other purposes. An MIT graduate, Sgamma has been a leading voice for the fossil fuel industry, calling for fewer drilling restrictions on public lands that produce about 10% of US oil and gas. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-02-12 20:46:00
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Trump names oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal lands
