Would-Be Interior Secretary Is a Former Fracker

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President Obama's nominee for Interior secretary, Sally Jewell, former CEO of Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), told a Senate panel Thursday that she will pursue a balanced approach to developing energy resources on public lands if confirmed by the Senate. "I have a commitment to the president's all-of-the-above energy strategy," she said during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Natural gas is one of the most significant resources on fed- eral lands, and renewable fuel is a "very, very important resource to be tapped on public lands," Jewell said.