Sarah Schneiderman5d ago

Former Interior Secretary Deb Haaland won the Democratic nomination for governor of New Mexico. If she wins, she'll be the indigenous woman to head the state.

I made this portrait of Haaland in 2021, after she was confirmed as the first Native American to serve as the director of the Interior Department.

#DebHaaland #NativeAmerican #IndigenousWomen #GovernorRace #InteriorSecretary #WomenInPolitics #PoliticalArt #PortraitArt #AssemblageArt #TrashArt #RecycledArt #FoundObjectArt

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Sep 18, 2025
Fire up the #naturalgas turbines, says #US #InteriorSecretary: We gotta win the #AI arms race
#Climatechange? No worry - we can solve that later, argues #DougBurgum
You would think that the government official responsible for safeguarding the US' natural resources would be opposed to abandoning climate change mitigation pledges in favor of firing up #fossilfuels to power AI development.
This is the Trump administration, however, so you'd be wrong.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/12/fire_up_gas_turbines_ai_race/
Fire up the gas turbines, says US Interior Secretary: We gotta win the AI arms race

: Climate change? No worry - we can solve that later, argues Doug Burgum

The Register
Show threadStacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Jul 20, 2025
Bondi was there with #InteriorSecretary #DougBurgum to receive a briefing on the facility, a #DOJ official said, and is “discussing facilities with Park Police on the ground, and directing staff to collaborate on the needed planning to rehabilitate and reopen the facility www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/p...

Attorney General Bondi visits ...
Attorney General Bondi visits Alcatraz as Trump floats idea of reopening the former federal prison

Attorney General Pam Bondi is touring former Alcatraz prison and the surrounding island, as the Trump administration pushes the idea of re-establishing it as a prison more than 60 years after it was closed.

CNN
BakersRelayJul 17, 2025

#TheGremlinZoo #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #InteriorSecretary

From AP News.com: Trump administration order requires interior secretary to sign off on all wind and solar projects

https://apnews.com/article/burgum-trump-wind-solar-clean-energy-5f496ccc8b409edad853b35cc40728fb

Trump's interior secretary must sign off on all wind and solar projects

All solar and wind energy projects on federal lands and waters must be personally approved by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. That's according to a new order that authorizes Burgum to conduct “elevated review” of activities ranging from leases to rights of way, construction and operational plans, grants and biological opinions. The Interior Department says the enhanced oversight is aimed at “ending preferential treatment for unreliable, subsidy-dependent wind and solar energy.” Clean-energy advocates say the action could hamstring projects that need to be underway quickly to qualify for federal tax credits that are set to expire under the tax-cut and spending bill that the president signed July 4.

AP News
StacesCases2 🇨🇦 📎Jul 4, 2025
Google #Isolationism... Trump signed an executive order instructing #InteriorSecretary #DougBurgum who oversees the #NationalParkService to "develop a strategy" to hike entrance fees and recreation pass fees for non-US residents at ANY park that charges for entry. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-s...

Trump signs executive order ca...
Trump signs executive order calling for foreign tourists to pay higher national park fees

In its 2026 fiscal year budget proposal released in May, the Interior Department estimated that such a surcharge would generate more than $90 million annually.

CBS News
Tony StarkFeb 15, 2021

These sound like ideal qualifications to me. #DebHaaland #InteriorSecretary

Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry -

Deb Haaland is poised to make history on two fronts, as both the first Native American cabinet secretary and as the architect of what could be a landmark change in the U.S. government’s relationship with oil.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/interior-secretary-nominee-on-collision-course-with-oil-industry-11613318400?redirect=amp#click=https://t.co/ckf991D8dO

Interior Secretary Nominee on Collision Course With Oil Industry

Deb Haaland is poised to make history on two fronts, as both the first Native American cabinet secretary and as the architect of what could be a landmark change in the U.S. government’s relationship with oil.