Statement from Tom Steyer on President-Elect Donald Trump’s Secretary of the Interior Appointment

12.13.2016

President-Elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate U.S Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana as his Secretary of the Interior. In response, NextGen Climate President Tom Steyer issued the following statement:

“Donald Trump continues to build out his cabinet of polluters with the nomination of U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke as Secretary of the Interior. We need a Secretary of the Interior who will protect our air, water, and endangered species, not someone who supported construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, said climate change isn’t “proven science,” and would give Big Oil and Big Coal unfettered access to our public lands. Americans are counting on our Senate leaders to defend our health, our economy and our democracy–and they must start by defeating this nomination.”

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