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Acting heads for DOE, Interior, EPA named Source: By Timothy Cama, E&E News reporter • Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2021
David Huizenga will serve as President Biden’s acting Energy secretary, the new administration announced yesterday. Partnership for Public Service
President Biden yesterday named a slate of officials to be acting heads of federal agencies while his nominees await Senate confirmation.
The officials are mostly senior career employees. They are meant to keep agencies running and carrying out their missions, and are unlikely to implement major policy changes before Cabinet officials take charge.
In at least some cases, Biden is picking different acting officials than the ones President Trump’s administration had lined up.
By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and.
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A DIVERGENCE: Big Business and congressional Republicans are reading from different notes over how to approach President
Joe Biden’s aggressive agenda to combat climate change.
In the earliest of days, businesses, including oil companies, are sending signals of moderation and compromise. The Chamber of Commerce and American Petroleum Institute issued statements yesterday supporting Biden’s decision to re-enter the Paris Agreement, a shift of position for both. While many individual companies, such as ExxonMobil, called on former President