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** When it comes to Biden’s nominees, Joe Manchin has a problem with women
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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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This week marks one year ([link removed]) since President Biden nominated Laura Daniel-Davis to serve as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management, a crucial position that oversees oil and gas drilling as well as mining on America’s public lands. Unfortunately, she is the latest in a series of highly-qualified ([link removed]) women to have their nominations delayed or killed entirely by Sen. Joe Manchin, the chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

As CWP's Aaron Weiss ([link removed]) points out ([link removed]) , this pattern has played out from the very beginning of the Biden administration, when Manchin opposed the nomination ([link removed]) of Elizabeth Klein for Deputy Secretary of the Interior, followed by Neera Tanden for the Office of Management and Budget, and Cynthia “Winnie” Stachelberg for Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget.

While Manchin insisted it was inappropriate to play politics with President Trump’s nominees, he has repeatedly played politics with President Biden’s female nominees, especially Laura Daniel-Davis. One year after she was first nominated, Manchin is still holding her nomination ([link removed]) , refusing to give her a vote ([link removed]) in committee until the Biden administration provides “clarity” on its oil and gas leasing plans.

It remains to be seen whether Manchin will finally give her the deference he showed to so many of President Trump’s nominees, or if he’ll continue his double standard when it comes to delaying action on highly-qualified women nominated by the Biden administration.
Quick hits


** Governor appeals BLM’s private land purchase near Casper
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WyoFile ([link removed]) | KPVI ([link removed])


** Idaho county officials allegedly violated open meeting law with land use workshop
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Idaho Statesman ([link removed])


** Utah's Goblin Valley State Park to triple in size under deal with BLM
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Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed]) | Fox 13 Salt Lake City ([link removed])


** New Mexico drought bills move through Congress amid wildfires
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Carlsbad Current-Argus ([link removed])


** Smoke chokes Bryce Canyon National Park as Utah wildfire scorches 3,000 acres
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Salt Lake Tribune ([link removed])


** Study advocates for higher royalty rates on oil and gas, but industry says it will hurt production
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** How a third generation fire watcher sees the climate change
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Arizona Republic ([link removed])


** A community poisoned by oil
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High Country News ([link removed])
Quote of the day
” No one seems to understand how much front-line communities have put on the line—our health and lives—just for these polluting companies to profit.”
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