As the new secretary of the interior and the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, Secretary Deb Haaland will play a crucial role in enacting President Biden's whole-of-government approach to the climate crisis.
This appointment was a righteous one, and we're so grateful to everyone across the climate movement—especially Indigenous climate leaders like our friend and board member Julian Brave NoiseCat—who have fought for this, as well as to Joe Biden for hearing us and to Secretary Haaland for rising to the challenge.