** Haaland stresses bipartisanship during GOP attacks
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Senate Energy and Natural Resources

Representative Deb Haaland focused on her bipartisan record ([link removed]) during the first day of her confirmation hearing ([link removed]) to become America's first Native American secretary of the Interior.

“I was the highest-rated freshman in Congress on bipartisan collaboration,” Haaland said ([link removed]) . “We can have different views. We can think differently. I feel like the people of New Mexico sent me to Congress to get work done and that’s exactly what I’ve done.”

While Republican members of the committee attacked Haaland for previous statements about stopping drilling on national public land, Haaland stressed that as Interior Secretary, she would implement President Biden’s policy.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow noted the absurdity ([link removed]) of this line of attack, saying “You wouldn't campaign on protecting public lands from new oil and gas drilling and then put somebody in charge of that part of the government who was like ‘Yeah, gung ho, let's drill the bejeezus out of some secret national monuments!’”

Haaland returns for a second day of testimony at 8:00 am Mountain Time today. CWP will again live tweet ([link removed]) the hearing.
Quick hits


** Haaland focuses on bipartisan cooperation despite bad-faith GOP attacks
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** After urging Trump to shrink national monuments, Utah politicians now lament monuments becoming “political football”
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Deseret News ([link removed])


** New Interior Department communications strategy: “Climate change is real, and science is back”
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New York Times ([link removed])


** Powder River Basin coal in free-fall; put unemployed miners and drillers to work on cleanup
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Gillette News-Record ([link removed]) | High Country News ([link removed]) (opinion)


** Public lands bill advances in House as Boebert spars with Colorado delegation
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Colorado Newsline ([link removed]) | Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ([link removed])


** Bison slaughter outside Yellowstone sets up tribal conflict at Interior
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E&E News ([link removed])


** Wyoming scientists study interplay of wildfire smoke and climate change
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Wyofile ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Utah Sen. Mike Lee dedicated his 10 minutes at the Interior confirmation hearing mansplaining to Deb Haaland why big national monuments suck”
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed])
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** @mypubliclands ([link removed])
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