Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling
- The Senate confirmed Doug Burgum as Interior Secretary with a vote of 79-18, following President Donald Trump's nomination to enhance fossil fuel production.
- Burgum, a former governor of North Dakota, will also chair the National Energy Council and have a seat on the National Security Council, a first for this role.
- Environmentalists expressed concerns over Burgum's plans to ease fossil fuel extraction, as it could increase greenhouse gas emissions and damage the environment.
- Burgum suggested that carbon dioxide from fossil fuels could be captured to mitigate global warming, but skeptics argue this technology is untested at scale.
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