CANDIDATO A DIRECTOR DE AGENCIA FEDERAL SE ROMPERÍA EL LOMO POR LOS CONTAMINADORES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/12/2025
MEDIA CONTACT: Edder Díaz Martínez, Communications Manager, 602-832-6039, edderdiazmartinez@greenlatinos.org
WASHINGTON — Today, President Trump nominated oil and gas trade association leader, Kathleen Sgamma, to direct the Bureau of Land Management. Sgamma is on record for support of revoking public participation in land management, rolling back multiple-use land management plans, and legislation establishing oil and gas leasing as the dominant use of public lands.
If confirmed by the Senate, Sgamma will oversee an agency whose mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. In response Olivia Juarez, Public Land Program Director of GreenLatinos, issues the following statement, en español abajo:
If there was one federal agency that could single handedly destroy or defend our chance at having a thriving future, it would be the Bureau of Land Management. This agency administers more than 245 million acres of public lands that can and should be managed to bring a full stop to the deadly heat, drought, fires and storms which disproportionately harm Latino communities across the U.S. and territories. But under the mis-leadership of Kathleen Sgamma, the Bureau of Land Management will be nothing more than a servant to the oil and gas industry. To be clear, billionaire oil and gas executives are behind federal attempts to pollute and sacrifice places where our communities recreate, preserve our histories, and honor our traditions. Kathleen Sgamma is their advisor and will bend over backwards for polluting industries.
Si hubiera una agencia federal que pudiera destruir o defender nuestra oportunidad de tener un futuro próspero, sería la Oficina de Administración de Tierras. Esta agencia administra más de 245 millones de acres de tierras públicas que pueden y deben ser manejadas para detener completamente el calor mortal, la sequía, los incendios y las tormentas que dañan desproporcionadamente a las comunidades latinas en los Estados Unidos y los territorios. Pero bajo el mal liderazgo de Kathleen Sgamma, la Oficina de Administración de Tierras no será más que un sirviente de la industria del petróleo y el gas. Para ser claros, los ejecutivos multimillonarios de petróleo y gas están detrás de los intentos federales de contaminar y sacrificar lugares donde nuestras comunidades recrean, preservan nuestras historias y honran nuestras tradiciones. Kathleen Sgamma es su asesora y se rompería el lomo para las industrias contaminantes.
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About GreenLatinos
GreenLatinos (NOTE: GreenLatinos is ONE WORD) is an active comunidad of Latino/a/e leaders, emboldened by the power and wisdom of our culture, united to demand equity and dismantle racism, resourced to win our environmental, conservation, and climate justice battles, and driven to secure our political, economic, cultural, and environmental liberation.
GreenLatinos (NOTA: GreenLatinos es UNA PALABRA) es una comunidad activa de líderes latinos/a/e, envalentonados por el poder y la sabiduría de nuestra cultura, unidos para exigir equidad y desmantelar el racismo, con recursos para ganar nuestra justicia ambiental, batallas de conservación, climáticas e impulsados a asegurar nuestra liberación política, económica, cultural y ambiental.