Stephanie Gross for Southern Environmental Law Center
Originally published on December 17, 2020 12:51 pm
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate
environmental lawyer and Obama administration veteran Brenda Mallory to run the Council on Environmental Quality, according to a source with knowledge of the decision who spoke on condition of anonymity to protect private conversations.
The White House office oversees environmental reviews for virtually all major infrastructure projects, including pipelines and highways.
Biden has promised to make climate change a top priority, and Mallory s appointment fleshes out a climate team with expertise in regulation, finance, diplomacy and environmental law. Mallory would work with John Kerry, the National Security Council s first special presidential envoy on climate; and Gina McCarthy, who would coordinate the domestic climate group within the White House. Biden s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, also has experience crafting climat
Biden taps Deb Haaland to be first Native American interior secretary By Nancy Cordes, Rebecca Kaplan, Bo Erickson, Grace Segers, Ed O Keefe
Updated on: December 17, 2020 / 8:38 PM / CBS News Democrats push for historic Cabinet pick
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland to head the Interior Department, which would make her the first Native American to lead the agency that oversees the country s natural resources and public and tribal lands if she is confirmed by the Senate.
Tribal leaders and organizers had pushed Mr. Biden to choose Haaland, a member of Pueblo of Laguna, a tribe that has lived on the land that is now New Mexico for eight centuries. The Interior Department has long had a contentious relationship with the 574 federally recognized tribes, and Haaland s nomination indicates that the Biden administration is willing to listen and address the concerns of Indigenous people.
Print article WASHINGTON President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Deb Haaland, the freshman representative from New Mexico, to lead the Interior Department, making history by selecting the first Native American to oversee the agency that manages millions of acres of federal land and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, according to a person familiar with the decision. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland will take over a department mired in controversy over the Trump administration’s campaign to open up sensitive land and offshore areas to oil and gas development. She will also be responsible for implementing Biden’s promise to end oil and gas leasing on land controlled by the federal government a move certain to face backlash from oil-dependent states, including her own, and lawsuits from the fossil fuel industry.
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Dec 17, 2020
Biden Picks Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary
The congresswoman from New Mexico would make history as the first Native American to serve as the top steward of America s public lands and waters.
By Chris D Angelo and Jennifer Bendery
President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna tribe, to serve as secretary of the interior.
In 2018, Haaland, 60, became one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. If the Senate confirms her as head of the Interior Department, she would make similar history as the first Native American Cabinet secretary and the first Native American to serve as the top steward of America’s public lands and natural resources.
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