Loose Change: Biden’s Interior nominee options come into focus

President-elect Joe Biden is said to be considering at least two Democratic lawmakers -- Sen. Tom Udall (NM) and Rep. Deb Haaland (NM) -- as potential nominees to lead the Interior Department according to recent press reports, a position that would have major influence over fossil fuel and other extraction activities on federal lands. Whoever wins the nomination, and subsequent Senate confirmation, is likely to be at the center of environmental groups’ long-running legal campaign to force the government to...