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Top EPA Official Slams ‘****heads’ At White House For Not Regulating Fracking
The Daily Caller ^ | September 12, 2016 | Michael Bastasch

Posted on 09/12/2016 5:51:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A former senior EPA official known for coordinating with environmentalists slammed the White House for pushing back on agency plans to regulate hydraulic fracturing for oil and natural gas, text messages show.

Michael Goo, EPA’s policy chief at the time, texted Sierra Club lobbyist John Coequyt that if environmentalists “want any hope of regulation of fracking then give us more time to try and remove the gun from our head and talk sense into OMB dickheads.”

“If you want the oil and gas nsps to give fracking a free pass, as OMB would like then don’t give us the extension,” Goo texted Coequyt, referring to proposed EPA New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for oil and gas fracking, according to The Washington Free Beacon. OMB refers to the White House’s Office of Management and Budget.

The texts were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute (EELI). This is the latest EELI release from the Goo files. Previous email releases show how Goo used his private Yahoo email account to coordinate with environmental activists....

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: bureaucrats; collusion; epa; epaoutofcontrol; fracking; goo; johncoequyt; michaelgoo; obama; sierraclub
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21 posted on 09/12/2016 6:58:44 PM PDT by Chode (You Owe Them Nothing - Not Respect, Not Loyalty, Not Obedience, NOTHING!)
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To: marktwain

Not the best last name for the top EPA chief for sure


22 posted on 09/12/2016 6:58:49 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

we need a president that will deal with deep govt. permanently.


23 posted on 09/12/2016 7:12:54 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marktwain

Goo e stuff


24 posted on 09/12/2016 7:15:19 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trump will be looking at Eeeepa with an electron microscope in January.


25 posted on 09/12/2016 7:58:39 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Real professional...


26 posted on 09/12/2016 8:14:27 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Arm_Bears

One guarded hungry polar bears.


27 posted on 09/12/2016 8:20:23 PM PDT by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: ColdOne

Forget the fracking. Have they gotten a handle on the employees pooping in the hallways? “EPA Employees Asked To Stop Pooping In The Hallway” 06/25/2014 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/25/epa-pooping-hallways_n_5530650.html


28 posted on 09/12/2016 8:51:53 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Vehmgericht

I guess that makes them all sh!theads instead of dickheads, doesn’t it?


29 posted on 09/12/2016 11:02:56 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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