Trump Picks Oil & Gas Trade Group Leader To Head Interior’s Land Bureau

February 14, 2025
President Donald Trump has nominated an oil and gas industry leader to head the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) -- continuing a trend of installing industry leaders at the top of agencies that will shape federal energy policy, with the latest pick expected to advance policies boosting oil and gas leasing and development on federal lands. Trump announced Feb. 12 that he is nominating Kathleen Sgamma, president of the oil and gas trade association Western Energy Alliance, to lead BLM...

Not a subscriber? Request 30 days free access to exclusive environmental policy reporting.