The Senate has confirmed Doug Burgum as the cabinet secretary who will oversee American energy production – something that President Donald Trump has promised to bring back.
With broad bipartisan support, the Senate voted 79-18 to confirm Burgum, who becomes the 55th U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
But it will be about a lot more than domestic energy production. Burgum has promised that some alternate energy initiatives will be shuttered during his tenure in the office.
One of Burgum’s first policy goals will be to dismantle Interior’s support for offshore wind power development. Trump ordered Interior to halt any new lease sales that would allow wind companies to develop projects on public land and to stop any new permitting for wind power development.
Burgum will also get a seat on the National Security Council per an executive order Trump signed on his…
