Tommy Beaudreau, Deputy Secretary of the Interior, speaks during a news conference on Lake Mead at Hoover Dam, Tuesday, April 11, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. The Biden administration on Tuesday released an environmental analysis of competing plans for how …will step down at the end of this month, capping off a decadelong career at the agency that drew criticism from climate hawks and Big Oil alike.“Tommy’s impact on the department can be seen in every aspect of our work,” Ms.
The administration also has faced backlash from the fossil fuel sector and Republicans for its implementation of hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy spending from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, which Mr.helped implement. He also drew criticism for Interior’s drilling ban in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, protecting millions of acres.