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Deputy Secretary Beaudreau was “disrupted” in NYC two weeks before he announced that he was leaving DOI

Posted in climate, energy policy, Uncategorized, tagged , , , on November 2, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau was “disrupted” (perhaps a euphemism for the thuggish behavior demonstrated in the video clip below) by climate ultras in New York on Sept. 21. On Oct. 4, Mr. Beaudreau announced that he would be leaving the Dept. of the Interior.

The official announcement provides no reasons for his departure. By all accounts, Beaudreau was highly regarded by career employees in the Department. Was he troubled by his experience in NYC and the absence of a response from DOI? Was it difficult being a lone advocate for a more balanced energy policy?

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Respected Deputy Secretary, Tommy Beaudreau, exits Interior

Posted in Alaska, energy policy, Offshore Energy - General, tagged , , , , , on October 5, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Tommy Beaudreau, an Obama appointee during the turbulent months following the Macondo blowout, has announced that he will be leaving the Department of the Interior (DOI) at the end of the month.

Tommy first served as Senior Advisor in the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEMRE), a transition bureau in the wake of the blowout, and was later named Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), one of the two new bureaus that were established to manage the offshore program. He subsequently served as DOI Chief of Staff, and was appointed Deputy Secretary in 2021.

Tommy was a strong leader and an energy moderate. He was highly regarded by the rank and file in BOEMRE and BOEM.

The press release announcing his departure is very professional with appropriate quotes from Secretary Haaland and Tommy. No reasons for his resignation are provided. However, given his balanced perspective on energy development, it would not be wildly speculative to suggest that he might have been a bit uncomfortable working in the policy bubble that produced documents like the latest offshore leasing plan.

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