US Department of the Interior

The Biden administration's nominee for secretary of interior, Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland, from New Mexico, speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, Dec. 19, 2020.

Deb Haaland, Biden’s interior secretary nominee, says she’ll be ‘fierce for our planet’

January 23, 2021Biden administration

Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, President Biden’s nominee for secretary of the interior, is the first Native American to lead the department. She plans to bring a strong conservation, climate action and tribal rights record to the agenda.

Zinke announces new leases for offshore wind power on both US coasts

November 18, 2018Environment

Activists to Obama: Stop leasing public land to take out oil, gas, coal

September 26, 2015Environment