Lawmakers on Thursday voted 79-18 in favor of Doug Burgum.
Billionaire Doug Burgum has been confirmed as the interior secretary. On Thursday, lawmakers voted 79-18 in favor of Burgum to lead President Donald Trump’s administration and its ambition to boost fossil fuel production.
Burgum, 68, is a wealthy software industry entrepreneur who came from a small North Dakota farming community, where he worked at his family’s grain elevator. He served two terms as the state’s governor and launched a presidential campaign in 2023 but dropped out and quickly endorsed his boss. Burgum eagerly assisted the energy industry during his time as governor, when he was also profiting from the lease of family land to oil companies, according to records obtained by The Associated Press.
Environmentalists and some Democrats showed alarm over the new administration’s ambitions as greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels continue to bake the planet. Bugrum said the U.S. can use energy development as leverage to promote peace and to lower consumer costs during his confirmation hearing. He raised concerns about the reliability of renewable power sources promoted under former President Joe Biden, and said the U.S.
Democrats in response accused the Trump administration of abandoning an "all of the above" energy policy to favor fossil fuels. "They said wind is dead on the offshore. They are trying to do as much of this as possible to create demand for coal, for fossil gas," Hawaii Democratic Sen. Brian Schatz said during a Thursday floor speech.
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