Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, said on March 10 that he will not advance Laura Daniel-Davis’ nomination to be the assistant secretary for lands and minerals management at the Interior Department.
Manchin made the announcement in an op-ed published in the Houston Chronicle, where he stated he would not be advancing Daniel-Davis’ nomination due to her decision not to reduce fees for firms that extract oil and gas on federal land. She made her decision citing concerns about climate change.
Manchin emphasized that he will not support anyone who agrees with the “erroneous logic” of an internal memo that the Interior Department mistakenly posted to its website on March 3….