Citing concerns about the Trump administration’s push to expand offshore oil and gas drilling, U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), along with Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), are leading a group of 17 senators in demanding answers from the current acting head of the Department of Interior prior to his upcoming confirmation hearing. Secretary David Bernhardt has been tapped to permanently replace former Secretary Ryan Zinke.
In January 2018, the administration announced the largest planned expansion of offshore drilling in decades, in the…
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