Daily on Energy: Wright orders ‘Golden era,’ hottest January ever, and DOGE cuts into environmental justice
Good afternoon and happy Thursday, readers! In today’s Daily on Energy, Maydeen, with the help of our editor Joe Lawler, takes a look at energy secretary Chris Wright’s priorities for the department.
Inside Climate News3d
Directive From New Interior Secretary Weakens Public Land Protections to Push Fossil Fuels
Doug Burgum’s order would hobble clean energy development, hinder protections for migratory birds and endangered species and ...
San Francisco Examiner4d
Trump seeks species protection rollbacks to promote US drilling
US President Donald Trump's administration is moving to roll back protections for endangered species and their habitats in a ...
E&E4d
Burgum’s first order of business: Drilling, public lands and the ESA
The Interior secretary signed orders to increase energy production, review Biden public lands efforts and slash regulations.
Burgum begins to implement Trump’s ‘energy emergency’ declaration
Shortly after being sworn in to lead the Interior Department, Secretary Doug Burgum announced steps he would take to ...
MyNorthwest.com4d
Judge to rule on bid to block transfers of 3 trans inmates to men’s prison
A federal judge is expected to rule Tuesday on a request to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three ...
Indianz4d
Secretary Doug Burgum takes over Department of the Interior
The Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country, officially has a new leader.
UN says the death toll in fighting in the eastern Congo city of Goma is at least 900
Fighting last week between Congolese government forces and Rwanda-backed rebels in the major eastern city of Goma left at ...
Where Trump's Cabinet nominees stand in Senate confirmation process
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Tulsi Gabbard and Kash Patel testify before Senate committees on Capitol Hill on Thursday as urgency ...
North Dakota Governor and Retired Software Exec Doug Burgum Confirmed as Interior Secretary
Former governor of North Dakota Doug Burgum has been confirmed as the new Secretary of the Department of the Interior, which ...
The Bismarck Tribune7d
Doug Burgum, Trump’s pick for public lands boss, questions reliability of renewable power
Former North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum described Trump’s aspiration to achieve U.S. “energy dominance” as a way to counter demand for fossil fuels from autocratic nations — Russia ...