President Donald Trump has nominated Colorado’s Kathleen Sgamma, the head of Western Energy Alliance, an oil and gas trade group, to run the Bureau of Land Management.  Kathleen Sgamma Sgamma, a Denver resident, has been the head of the Western Energy Alliance since 2006, working to protect the interests of oil and gas producers amid an international embrace of cleaner energies. Sgamma and the Western Energy Alliance have been a vocal critic of former President Joe Biden’s increased regulation of the oil and gas industry. 

Other federal agency and water policy news:

• The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.): Oil, gas lobbyist tapped for BLM directorship
• Inside Climate News: With a veteran oil and gas lobbyist nominated to lead the BLM, Westerners worry about wildlife and renewable energy
• WyoFile: Trump’s pick to lead Bureau of Land Management no stranger to Wyoming
• Grist: Trump’s agenda won’t let his energy secretary achieve ‘energy abundance’
• The New York Times: NOAA is told to make list of climate-related grants, setting off fears
• E&E by Politico: Natural Resources to vote on Western water, wildfire bills