Congresswoman and Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland kept her composure on Tuesday and reiterated her stance in ensuring bipartisan collaboration and finding a balance between energy production, a future of clean energy, and science-based conservation decisions.
Maybe not the answers green travel advocates were fully looking for, but Haaland’s political skills were on full display on day one of her nominating hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
A second round of questions will take place Wednesday and determine whether she will become the United States’ first Native American Secretary of the Interior. The U.S. outdoor recreation and conservation groups will have to wait longer for a final vote on…