Haaland confirmed by Senate as first Native American to lead Interior
As reported by the Washington Post.
Deb Haaland, who has served as a Democratic U.S. Rep. from northern New Mexico since Jan., 2019 (one of two Native American women elected that congressional cycle, the first in U.S. history), has been outspoken against the Holtec International high-level radioactive waste consolidated interim storage facility targeted at southeastern New Mexico. She is from Laguna Pueblo, in northwest New Mexico, site of the world's largest open pit uranium mine (till recently surpassed in size by Olympic Dam, Australia, located on Aboriginal land), with significant health impacts on her community for the past many decades.
The New York Times has also reported on this story.
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See Karl Grossman and Harvey Wasserman's March 3rd article in Truthout, about other Biden Cabinet members' unfortunate and inappropriate pro-nuclear advocacy.