Martinez has picked Harrison "Jack" Schmitt to head the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department, which oversees environmental issues.

Schmitt, a former U.S. Senator and Apollo 17 astronaut who walked on the Moon, has said he does not believe man-made global warming exists. In a July 2009 radio interview, he said some leaders--including President Obama's science adviser John Holdren--have turned the environmental movement into "what was previously considered the communist movement," reports the Environmental News Service. He must be confirmed by the Democratic-controlled state Senate.