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1/ David Bernhardt, a former oil industry lobbyist, is Trump's pick to lead @Interior.

His confirmation hearing is Thursday.

We've done quite a bit of reporting on Bernhardt since Trump took office. A quick sampling ...
2/ Back in July of 2017, we reported that he continued lobbying on behalf of a powerful client – even though he told the Senate he'd stopped. revealnews.org/blog/inside-th…
3/ Reporter @ShogrenE obtained emails showing that Bernhardt played a key role in gutting protection for migratory birds. revealnews.org/article/trumps…
4/ And most recently, we obtained a recording of oil industry execs boasting about their access to Bernhardt.

"We know him very well and can have direct access to him."

Read the story: revealnews.org/article/oil-ex…

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1/ We've reported quite a bit on the Trump administration's dismantling of science. Here's what it looks like in practice.

In Feb, we showed that David Bernhardt, Trump's pick to lead @Interior, played a key role in gutting migratory birds protections. revealnews.org/article/trumps…
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