Author: Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press
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Interior Secretary Bernhardt under investigation by inspector general
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Interior Department’s internal investigators have begun probing allegations of conflicts of interest involving Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, just a few days after the Senate confirmed the former corporate lobbyist and Colorado native to lead the agency. Deputy Interior Inspector General Mary Kendall wrote Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon on Monday…
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Democrats hit Trump’s EPA nominee on coal lobbying, rollbacks
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WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday called climate change “a huge issue” but not the “greatest crisis” and drew fire from Democrats at his confirmation hearing over the regulatory rollbacks he’s made in six months as the agency’s acting administrator. Republicans on the GOP-majority Senate Environment and…
