US president-elect Joe Biden will nominate Deb Haaland to serve as his interior secretary, making her the first Native American in the US Cabinet.
Ms Haaland has been the leading candidate for the job of overseeing the department, a source said.
It employs more than 70,000 people across the US and oversees more than 20 per cent of the nation's surface, including tribal lands and national parks such as Yellowstone and Yosemite.
"It's important to have a high-level Native American perspective at the table."
Ms Haaland, a Democratic congresswoman from New Mexico since 2019 and a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, recently said she would try to introduce an expansion of renewable energy production on federal land.
This would contribute to the fight against climate change and undo President Donald Trump's work on increasing fossil fuel output.
“Leasing practices need to be changed," Ms Haaland said. "We need to make sure we’re promoting and increasing clean-energy leases."
She said she supported conserving 30 per cent of federal land by 2030 and using the Antiquities Act to protect culturally and ecologically sensitive land such as national monuments.
Those positions clash with Trump administration efforts to maximise coal mining and drilling on public lands, and to shrink the size of national monuments created by past presidents.
Ms Haaland's nomination came after weeks of heavy campaigning by Native American groups and leaders, progressive activists, and some Democratic and Republican legislators.
Fawn Sharp, president of the National Congress of American Indians and of the Quinault Indian Nation in Washington state, said Ms Haaland's appointment signals the Biden administration will focus on some indigenous country priorities.
"It's important to have a high-level Native American perspective at the table," Ms Sharp said.
"Haaland would be effective especially around climate change, protecting sacred sites on tribal lands and restoring lands that have been administratively taken from tribes."
If nominated, Ms Haaland would step down from her seat in the US House, where Democrats are already facing a slim majority in 2021 after losing seats in the 2020 election.
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How to avoid crypto fraud
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Fatima Al Darmaki is an Emirati widow with three children
She has received 46 certificates of appreciation and excellence throughout her career
She won the 'ideal mother' category at the Minister of Interior Awards for Excellence
Her favourite food is Harees, a slow-cooked porridge-like dish made from boiled wheat berries mixed with chicken
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Name: HyperSpace
Started: 2020
Founders: Alexander Heller, Rama Allen and Desi Gonzalez
Based: Dubai, UAE
Sector: Entertainment
Number of staff: 210
Investment raised: $75 million from investors including Galaxy Interactive, Riyadh Season, Sega Ventures and Apis Venture Partners
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Key findings of Jenkins report
- Founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hassan al Banna, "accepted the political utility of violence"
- Views of key Muslim Brotherhood ideologue, Sayyid Qutb, have “consistently been understood” as permitting “the use of extreme violence in the pursuit of the perfect Islamic society” and “never been institutionally disowned” by the movement.
- Muslim Brotherhood at all levels has repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians.
- Laying out the report in the House of Commons, David Cameron told MPs: "The main findings of the review support the conclusion that membership of, association with, or influence by the Muslim Brotherhood should be considered as a possible indicator of extremism."
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Hydrogen: Market potential
Hydrogen has an estimated $11 trillion market potential, according to Bank of America Securities and is expected to generate $2.5tn in direct revenues and $11tn of indirect infrastructure by 2050 as its production increases six-fold.
"We believe we are reaching the point of harnessing the element that comprises 90 per cent of the universe, effectively and economically,” the bank said in a recent report.
Falling costs of renewable energy and electrolysers used in green hydrogen production is one of the main catalysts for the increasingly bullish sentiment over the element.
The cost of electrolysers used in green hydrogen production has halved over the last five years and will fall to 60 to 90 per cent by the end of the decade, acceding to Haim Israel, equity strategist at Merrill Lynch. A global focus on decarbonisation and sustainability is also a big driver in its development.
The five pillars of Islam
1. Fasting
2. Prayer
3. Hajj
4. Shahada
5. Zakat
