Trump Taps Oil Drilling Enthusiast Governor to Oversee Federal Land and Water
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President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen billionaire North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a close ally of the fossil fuel industry and vocal proponent of oil drilling, to serve as head of the Interior Department in the incoming administration, a critical post tasked with overseeing hundreds of millions of acres of federal land and water. Burgum, a friend of oil billionaire…