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The Latest Breaking News from Doug Burgum

This is when Donald Trump’s most controversial administration picks will go before the Senate

Hearings in the Senate are set to begin on Sunday

The Independent UK

Senate Hearings Schedule For Trump Cabinet Nominations

Senate hearings for President-elect Trump's Cabinet picks, including Doug Collins, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and Marco Rubio, among others.

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Heinrich says panel chair Lee broke protocol on Burgum hearing - Roll Call

Democrat Sen. Martin Heinrich accused Mike Lee of violating protocol on a confirmation hearing for Interior secretary nominee Doug Burgum.

Roll Call

Canadian cabinet ministers meet Trump team amid threat of tariffs and jibes about ‘51st state’

Finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and foreign minister Mélanie Joly made the trip to Mar-a-Lago as the incoming president continues to make ominous noises about relations between their two countries

The Independent UK

North Dakota regulators consider underground carbon dioxide storage permits for Midwest pipeline

A North Dakota panel will consider whether to approve permits for underground storage of carbon dioxide that a proposed pipeline would carry from ethanol plants throughout the Midwest

The Independent UK

Trump adds more billionaires to his administration after promising to help ‘everyday Americans’

The incoming administration will be the wealthiest in history, with more than a dozen ultra-rich nominees for critical agencies and major diplomatic roles

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A band of billionaires assembles for Trump 2.0. Here’s who is on board so far

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a number of billionaires for his cabinet and administration, such as Howard Lutnick, Jared Isaacman, and none other than Elon Musk.

Fortune

The Trump Picks Who Could Decide Our Climate Future

It's not just the EPA. From Elon Musk and RFK Jr. to Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Trump's choices to lead key agencies are poised to set a very different climate agenda.

Texas Observer

AI is having its "We need more power, Scotty" moment

AI's energy consumption is growing, but demand for more power is also coming from manufacturing and electric cars.

Fortune

Doug Burgum could soon be driving Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promises on public lands

Conservationists fear an expansion of drilling with North Dakota governor Trump’s pick for secretary of the interior and White House ‘energy czar’

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump's call for 'energy dominance' is likely to run into real-world limits

Donald Trump is creating a National Energy Council that he says will establish U.S. “energy dominance” around the world

The Independent UK

The total wealth of Trump’s top team is $340 billion — more than the GDP of 169 countries

Several billionaires and wealthy mega donors and executives are nominated for key economic posts

The Independent UK

The ‘Trump bump’ has survived tariff announcements—but will it survive the good, the bad, and the unknown in his cabinet?

Trump's picks fit into three groups: the fortifiers (the good), the detractors (the bad), and the mercurial influencers who might do good or harm.

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The Guardian - US

Climate denial a unifying theme of Trump’s cabinet picks, experts say

Loyalists selected for important roles have offered staunch support to fossil fuels and downplayed climate crisis

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Doug Burgum Nominated For Secretary Of Interior By Trump

Learn about Doug Burgum's nomination to lead the Interior Department and its implications for energy development and conservation efforts in the US.

The Independent UK

Here’s what Trump’s cabinet picks have said about abortion

Maya Oppenheim looks at what some of Trump’s cabinet picks have said about abortion

International Business Times

Polymarket Bettors Believe These Trump Cabinet Picks Will Be Confirmed

Polymarket bettors believe most of Donald Trump's cabinet picks so far will be confirmed by Senate, but a pro-Bitcoin nominee's chances are down amid past controversies.

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Reason

Trump's Energy Picks Are Refreshingly Competent

If confirmed, Chris Wright and Gov. Doug Burgum will have the opportunity to prioritize innovation and deregulation to the benefit of taxpayers and the environment.

Reason

Will Doug Burgum Be Donald Trump's Housing Czar?

Plus: Democrats' housing-lite postelection recriminations and yet another ballot box defeat for pro–rent control forces in California.

The Guardian - US

How Trump 2.0 might affect the wildfire crisis: ‘The harms will be more lasting’

As the US grapples with smoky skies, Trump is solidifying an anti-science agenda – here are the challenges ahead

Al Jazeera

Trump nominates climate change sceptic Chris Wright as energy secretary

Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said ‘there is no climate crisis’ and champions fossil fuel production.

The Independent UK

Many of Trump’s nominees for key roles are his MAGA friends. They’ve also questioned climate change

Climate scientists say reducing emissions is the way to slow continued extreme impacts

The Independent UK

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

President-elect Donald Trump has selected Chris Wright, a campaign donor and fossil fuel executive, to serve as energy secretary after his second administration begins in January

International Business Times

Trump Nominates Fracking Magnate, Climate Skeptic Chris Wright As Energy Secretary

'There is no climate crisis,' Liberty Energy founder has declared

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