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Environmental groups seek to block Bernhardt’s confirmation at Interior

By John Siciliano
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Environmental groups seek to block Bernhardt’s confirmation at Interior

More than 100 environmental groups began an eleventh-hour push Wednesday to block President Trump’s pick for Interior Department deputy secretary, an agency veteran from the George W. Bush administration.

The groups sent a letter to all senators asking that they not support the nomination of David Bernhardt ahead of Thursday’s confirmation hearing in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

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