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Burgum’s first order of business: Drilling, public lands and the ESA
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum’s first edicts on the job aim to meet an “energy crisis” in the U.S. head-on with more drilling for oil and gas and relaxed regulations that the former ...
The Hill4d
Burgum begins to implement Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration
Burgum also issued an order to implement Trump’s reversal of former President Biden’s move to bar drilling off the East and West coasts and parts of Alaska’s coast. “Today marks the ...
The Bismarck Tribune5d
Big Oil wants a lot from Trump. It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president's Interior pick
Doug Burgum. The two-term Republican, now President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Interior Department, co-hosted the event — at the governor's mansion. And when energy industry lobbyists were ...
National Review3d
Doug Burgum Opens Up Millions of Acres of for Drilling to Kick Off Energy Abundance Agenda
Burgum announced Monday six orders designed to follow through on Trump’s energy agenda by addressing the national energy emergency, unleashing American energy, rolling back regulations ...
Yahoo3d
Doug Burgum comes out swinging
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum began his tenure this week with a string of orders he said would “unlock America’s full potential in energy dominance and economic development.” The former ...
AOL4d
Senate confirms Doug Burgum as Interior secretary
The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Interior secretary on Thursday, making the former North Dakota governor the nation's point person for public land management and President Donald Trump’s ...
E&E5d
Burgum starts job as Interior secretary
Doug Burgum was officially sworn in Friday as secretary of the Interior Department. In a post Saturday on the social media site X, the former Republican governor of North Dakota said he would ...
Washington Examiner5d
Doug Burgum argues Trump’s tariffs are ‘an economic developer’s dream’
Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum contended that President Donald Trump‘s tariffs on other countries are meant to bring “foreign investment” back to the United States. “It’s the ...
inforum2d
North Dakotan following Doug Burgum to Interior Department
BISMARCK — A North Dakotan who worked in former Gov. Doug Burgum’s Cabinet is expected to follow him to Washington to serve as one of his top officials. Andrea Travnicek has been nominated as ...
Yahoo News3d
Burgum’s order puts Nevada’s national monuments at risk
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum being sworn into a confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Jan. 16, 2025. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Newly confirmed ...
inforum3d
Port: Burgum's confirmation was a refreshing act of bipartisanship
Doug Burgum, who was recently confirmed by the U.S. Senate as secretary of the Interior, and his wife, Kathryn Burgum, stand as President Donald Trump speaks Friday, Jan. 31, 2025, in the Oval ...