February 12, 2025 14:54 GMT
AMERICAS OIL: Trump Picks Oil Trade Group Chief Sgamma as Land Bureau Director
AMERICAS OIL
Trump Picks Oil Trade Group Chief Sgamma as Land Bureau Director: BBG
- Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, is President Trump’s nominee for Bureau of Land Management director, according to the Congressional record.
- As president of Denver-based WEA since 2006, Sgamma advocated for oil and gas producers that operate on federal lands in the West.
- The BLM manages more than 240 million acres of federal land, mainly in the West, and manages all federally owned oil, gas, and minerals nationwide.
- Sgamma has long been an outspoken advocate for oil and gas drilling on federal land, and her nomination is part of Trump’s agenda to expand fossil fuels development on federal land nationwide.
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