As a recently published log of the interior secretary’s scheduled meetings shows, the speech was held at Trump International Hotel in Washington, which has been at the center of conflict-of-interest concerns . WASHINGTON — With the Trump administration’s hard push for increased fossil fuel production, it may come as little surprise that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke would address the American Petroleum Institute , an oil and gas industry trade group. The hotel has drawn scores of foreign dignitaries and lobbyists since Trump’s election. Details about the March 23 meeting, including who was present and what Zinke discussed, are not provided in the Interior Department’s calendar entry. Zinke, like Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt, has emerged as an oil-loving administration ally of the fossil fuel industry.

Source: Huffington Post June 05, 2017 23:15 UTC