The statement is a direct quotation attributed to Doug Burgum, but Burgum is not the Secretary of the Interior (he is the Governor of North Dakota and was a 2024 presidential candidate). More importantly, the claim that "there is no energy transition" is factually false: multiple authoritative sources (IEA, U.S. Energy Information Administration, academic literature) document a clear global energy transition from fossil fuels toward renewables and lower-carbon sources, with measurable shifts in investment, capacity, and policy.

No verifiable record exists of Doug Burgum making the quoted statement on May 2, 2026, as Secretary of the Interior; the claim appears to be unfounded or misattributed.

Doug Burgum is not the U.S. Secretary of the Interior and there is no record of him making this specific quote on May 2, 2026; the source appears unreliable, making the statement false.