The U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will today consider Katharine MacGregor, nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, MacGregor, who held the same position in the last Trump administration, currently works as a vice president at NextEra Energy. In response to MacGregor’s nomination, Alan Zibel, research director with Public Citizen, issued the following statement:
“Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Doug Burgum are plotting to sell off America’s national public lands to their billionaire friends, and Kate MacGregor is the perfect henchwoman. During the first Trump administration, MacGregor became infamous as a conduit for fossil fuel and mining interests to realize their extractive agenda. MacGregor was the key Interior Department contact for energy companies looking for help with regulations and permits—with one fossil fuel trade group executive noting that ‘we’ll call Kate’ was the solution to virtually every problem.
“If MacGregor returns to the Trump administration, she will serve Trump, Burgum and Elon Musk’s efforts to sell off public lands, limit public access, and let oil, gas, and mining companies exploit and damage national public lands without any semblance of safeguards. Public lands belong to all Americans, not wealthy corporate executives. The Trump administration’s extreme agenda of selling off and exploiting our nation’s natural areas, while making reckless decisions that threaten public safety, stands to ruin Americans’ summer vacations, increase wildfire risk across the country and enrich wealthy corporate interests.”
This content originally appeared on Common Dreams and was authored by Newswire Editor.
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