A senior official in President Joe Biden’s administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil exploration on federal lands has been named the next president of a prominent environmental group. The Wilderness Society announced Tuesday that U.S.
FILE - Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 8, 2021. The land bureau has jurisdiction over almost a quarter-billion acres of land, primarily in western states, that is used for oil exploration, mining, livestock grazing, recreation and other purposes.
Before joining the administration, Stone-Manning worked as a senior aide to Montana Democrats U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Gov. Steve Bullock. Her nomination by Biden sparked intense Republican opposition because of Stone-Manning’s involvement in a 1989 environmental sabotage case.
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