2026-05-19 00:20:09 UTC / 路透社
5月18日（路透社）——美国参议院周一投票确认史蒂夫·皮尔斯出任土地管理局局长。皮尔斯曾是石油商人，来自新墨西哥州的前国会议员。
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- 皮尔斯是当天参议院一次性全体投票以46票赞成、43票反对确认的49名联邦职位提名人之一。
- 作为内政部下属机构，土地管理局管理着全美超过十分之一的陆地面积。
- 皮尔斯曾是一家油田服务公司的所有者，支持唐纳德·特朗普总统增加公共土地化石燃料开发的目标。
- 民主党人和环保组织反对皮尔斯的提名，部分原因是他曾主张出售联邦土地以偿还赤字。
- 油气行业贸易团体西部能源联盟对皮尔斯的确认表示欢迎，称他是公共土地多用途利用的倡导者，包括油气钻探和景观保护。
路透社记者尼科拉·格鲁姆报道；辛西娅·奥斯特曼编辑
US Senate confirms Trump’s pick to lead land bureau
2026-05-19 00:20:09 UTC / Reuters
May 18 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Steve Pearce, a former oilman and congressman from New Mexico, to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
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- Pearce was one of 49 nominees for federal positions that were confirmed in one Senate bloc vote of 46-43.
- The BLM, a division of the Interior Department, manages more than a tenth of the nation’s surface area.
- Pearce is the former owner of an oilfield services company and supports President Donald Trump’s goal to increase fossil fuel development on public lands.
- Democrats and conservation groups opposed Pearce’s nomination in part because he has advocated for sales of federal lands to pay down the deficit.
- Oil and gas trade group Western Energy Alliance praised Pearce’s confirmation, calling him a champion of multiple uses of public lands, including oil and gas drilling and protecting landscapes.
Reporting by Nichola Groom; Editing by Cynthia Osterman
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