President ' s USFS, DOE, and CEQ Nominees Advancing through Senate

Several nominations for key science and environmental posts in the Trump Administration are advancing through the confirmation process in the Senate. The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved President Trump’s nominee, James Hubbard, for Undersecretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment. Hubbard, a former Colorado state forester, will oversee the United States Forest Service. Hubbard has received support from forest industry groups and foresters for his experience with forest policy. He retired from his position as Deputy Forest Service Chief for State and Private Forestry in 2017. He has served in various committee positions at the National Association of State Foresters. Dr. Chris Fall, a neuroscientist and the White House’s nominee to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science, has been approved by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Dr. Fall is currently the Acting Head of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) at DOE and has worked for the Office of Naval Research and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy under President Obama. The Senate panel also advanced Daniel Simmons to be Assistant Secretary of the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Prior to serving as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of EERE, Simmons was Vice President of Policy at the Institute for Energy Research, which has previously questioned renewable energy subsidies and called for elim...
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