Trump taps head of Colorado-based energy group to lead BLM

Trump nominates oil industry advocate to oversee public land drilling

President Donald Trump has nominated Kathleen Sgamma, a longtime oil and gas industry leader, to head the Bureau of Land Management, putting a pro-drilling advocate in charge of public land policy.Maxine Joselow reports for The Washington Post.In short:Sgamma leads the Western Energy Alliance, a tra...

Biden's Incompetence Costs Oil and Gas Industry - Real News Now

Oil and gas lobbyist Kathleen Sgamma has been nominated by former President Donald Trump to helm the Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau, responsible for managing enormous tracts of public lands and subterranean minerals in the Western portion of the U.S., could potentially see a significant shift in focus with her appointment. Sgamma, President of the Denver-based Western Energy Alliance, is no stranger to the industry, with almost two decade…

Trump's pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management is a petroleum industry lobbyist

President Trump's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees a lot of domestic energy production, is a petroleum industry lobbyist who contributed to Project 2025.

Trump nominates oil and gas advocate to lead agency that manages federal land concentrated in the West

President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states.Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Colorado-based oil industry trade group Western Energy Alliance, was named Bureau of Land Management director, a position with wide influence over lands used for energy production, grazing, recreation and other purposes. An MIT…

Trump picks oil and gas lobbyist to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma testifying at a House Natural Resources subcommittee hearing in 2023. (House committee stream screengrab)The head of a Denver-based oil and gas trade group that lobbies for expanded drilling on public lands is Republican President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Bureau of Land Management. Kathleen Sgamma is the president of Western Energy Alliance, which represents independent oil and gas producers who operate in nine western sta…

With a Veteran Oil and Gas Lobbyist Nominated To Lead the BLM, Westerners Worry About Wildlife and Renewable Energy - Inside Climate News

Kathleen Sgamma, who led the Western Energy Alliance, spent decades arguing against stricter oil and gas regulations, and views renewable energy as too unreliable to ever power the nation’s grids.