Trump public lands nominee and former Republican Party of New Mexico Chairman Steve Pearce speaks during a news conference in Albuquerque, N.M., Sept. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to oversee the management of a quarter-billion acres of public lands on Monday, as the administration pushes ahead with more mining and drilling while reversing conservation plans.
Main Idea: The Senate confirmed Steve Pearce to lead the Bureau of Land Management as the Trump administration pushes to expand mining and drilling on public lands.
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More drilling and mining on BLM land could bring jobs,. It may also raise pollution, conflict over land use, and pressure on communities that rely on clean land and water.
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Central subject of the article; confirmed to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
The bureau Pearce will lead sits within this department, making it a central institutional actor.
His pick for the Bureau of Land Management is the key federal action described.
Took the decisive confirmation vote that made Pearce the BLM head.
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Mentioned as the former president whose administration’s land policies are being reversed.
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