by Varun Hukeri
Daily Caller
Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland faced questions from lawmakers on topics including federal drilling permits and pipelines during her confirmation hearing Tuesday before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
If confirmed, Haaland would play a central role in managing more than 500 million acres of federal land and much of the nation’s vast array of natural resources. She would also play a major part in implementing President Joe Biden’s aggressive climate agenda, which calls for $2 trillion in federal spending over four years and an emissions-free power sector by 2035…
Steve Milloy, a climate policy expert and former transition team member during the Trump administration, warned that Haaland’s nomination could be a sign the Biden administration is willing to adopt a far more progressive climate policy.
“There is no daylight between Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland and the radical [Ocasio-Cortez] on climate, energy, federal lands and the Green New Deal,” Milloy said in a statement to the Daily Caller…
