Indigenous groups post billboards urging senators to confirm Deb Haaland

Indigenous groups are putting pressure on senators with billboards posted in multiple states urging them to confirm Rep. Deb HaalandDeb HaalandThe Memo: Biden faces first major setback as Tanden teeters OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Senate confirms former Michigan governor Granholm as Energy secretary | GOP bill would codify Trump rule on financing for fossil fuels, guns | Kennedy […]

Biden announces Granholm as nominee for energy post

President-elect Joe Biden formally announced Thursday his intent to nominate former two-term Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to serve in his Cabinet as energy secretary.  Granholm is poised to helm a $35 billion-a-year agency tasked with oversight of the country’s energy supply and electric grid, security of the nation’s nuclear arsenal, research at 17 national […]

OVERNIGHT ENERGY: McEachin signals interest in Biden administration environment role | Haaland, eyed for Interior, stresses need for Native American representation | Haaland backers ask Udall to step aside in bid for Interior post

TGIF! Welcome to Overnight Energy, The Hill’s roundup of the latest energy and environment news. Please send tips and comments to Rebecca Beitsch at [email protected] Follow her on Twitter: @rebeccabeitsch. Reach Rachel Frazin at [email protected] or follow her on Twitter: @RachelFrazin. Signup for our newsletter and others HERE.  THEY’RE PREACHIN […]

Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun stumps for Interior post: ‘A natural fit for me’

Former Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) threw her hat into the ring as a candidate for President-elect Joe BidenJoe BidenMinnesota certifies Biden victory Trump tells allies he plans to pardon Michael Flynn: report Biden says staff has spoken with Fauci: ‘He’s been very, very helpful’ MORE’s Interior secretary in a new interview published […]