Doug Burgum could soon be driving Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ promises on public lands

Conservationists fear an expansion of drilling with North Dakota governor Trump's pick for secretary of the interior and White House energy czar'

Of all Donald Trump's cabinet nominees so far, Doug Burgum has stood out for appearing to be one of the most conventional.

The billionaire governor of North Dakota - like most picks to lead the Department of the Interior, the largest landowner in the US west - comes from a western state. He is not a conspiracy theorist, he hasn't been investigated for sex trafficking. Unlike the president-elect's pick to lead the Department of Energy, he is not a fracking CEO.