In Washington, Rick Perry was sworn in as secretary of energy, following a Senate confirmation vote earlier on Thursday. Ten Democrats and Maine independent Senator Angus King joined 51 Republicans in confirming the former Texas Republican governor. In 2011, Perry famously attempted to propose abolishing the Energy Department—but then couldn’t even remember the name of the agency. Perry previously mocked climate scientists and has called global warming a hoax, but walked back those comments during confirmation hearings, saying “some” climate change is “caused by man-made activity.” Perry has deep ties to the fossil fuel industry, including serving on the corporate boards of both Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics, two companies behind the Dakota Access pipeline.