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Lawmakers Seek Ethics Probe Into Top Offshore Oil Regulator

Citing a Public Domain exposé, House Democrats ask Interior’s watchdog to investigate potential ethics violations by acting BOEM director Matt Giacona

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Oct 09, 2025
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Matt Giacona is a young offshore oil industry operative who has risen fast in Trump’s Washington. Formerly a lobbyist for the powerful National Ocean Industries Association, he was selected earlier this year to serve as the acting director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a key Interior Department agency that oversees resource extra…

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Hana Beach is an investigative reporter and filmmaker looking at the intersection of climate change and the political economy. Specifically, her work focuses on the management of public lands.
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