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Expands Solar Grazing Programme Across Oregon And Washington Solar SitesWood Mackenzie Says Middle East Conflict Creating New Pressures And Opportunities For Global RenewablesEuropean Energy Begins Construction Of 225.5 MW Agrivoltaic Project In SicilyRSA Calls Virtual Industry Roundtable Amid Growing Concerns Over ALCM Implementation  Middle East IG sector “spared from crisis” says MEGA headEuropean Bank For Reconstruction And Development Appoints Andreea Moraru As Managing Director For Central Europe And The BalticsGreen Finance Week India 2026 Concludes with a Powerful Celebration of Leadership & ImpactINOX India eyes aerospace cryo market after $21m US contractCanada files environmental impact statement for 3GW green ammonia projectEVNGENCO1 Proposes 270 MW Floating Solar Projects In Vietnam’s Lam Dong ProvinceAfrican Development Bank Backs Rwanda’s $300 Million RBF II Program To Expand Clean And Reliable Energy AccessWood Mackenzie Examines How The Iran War Is Reshaping Global Energy Security And Supply ChainsGreen Energy And Utility Stocks See Broad Consolidation Amid Mixed Market Closing (18 May 2026)Canada Clears Path for West Coast Oil Pipeline BuildThe Middle East Oil Crisis Has Already Cost Global Businesses $25 BillionChina’s Coal Output Slips as Imports Extend DeclineSolarPower Summit 2026 Shows Europe Entering A New Stage In Its Clean Energy TransitionAfrican Rainbow Energy Acquires Majority Stake In SOLA Group To Expand South Africa’s Renewable Energy PortfolioTata Electronics signs for ASML semiconductor tech to support Dholera fab developmentPower Systems Investment And Construction Signs EPC Deal With PowerChina For 290 MW Solar Plus Storage Project In ZambiaDOE Visits Aboitiz Renewables’ 221 MWp Olongapo Solar Plant, Highlights Push for Public-Private Collaboration in Philippines Clean Energy TransitionNLC India Awards 250 MW/500 MWh BESS EPC Contract To Pace Digitek In Tamil NaduSEMI pushes Congress for long-term AMIC extensionEvoloh to deploy 2.5MW pilot AEM electrolyser in US subsidised projectVideo | Will India become a low-cost hydrogen producer?
Tue. May 19th, 2026

US Senate Confirms Trump’s Pick to Lead Land Bureau

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(Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Steve Pearce, a former oilman and congressman from New Mexico, to lead the Bureau of Land Management.

  • Pearce was one of 49 nominees for federal positions that were confirmed in one Senate bloc vote of 46-43.
  • The BLM, a division of the Interior Department, manages more than a tenth of the nation’s surface area.
  • Pearce is the former owner of an oilfield services company and supports President Donald Trump’s goal to increase fossil fuel development on public lands.
  • Democrats and conservation groups opposed Pearce’s nomination in part because he has advocated for sales of federal lands to pay down the deficit.
  • Oil and gas trade group Western Energy Alliance praised Pearce’s confirmation, calling him a champion of multiple uses of public lands, including oil and gas drilling and protecting landscapes.

Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Cynthia Osterman

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