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Climate justice and Indigenous rights advocates commended the decision to put the progressive Native American congresswoman from New Mexico in charge of the department overseeing 500 million acres of federal land calling the move promising for the responsible development of clean energy infrastructure and for the reversal of the fossil fuel industry’s harmful legacy of extraction and pollution on land belonging to the U.S. public and tribal nations.
“This is a big deal,” tweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
This is a big deal.
Historic appointment. A visionary Native woman in charge of federal lands. Unequivocally progressive. Green New Deal champion. Exquisitely experienced.@RepDebHaaland sister, you are going to do such a great job. I am so proud of you and the movement.
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