[Mrs. Don-o]

"Might as well describe someone as a ‘fierce opponent of magnetism’."

L-actually-OL!

[Syncro]

More comments at an earlier thread-with a title from the source

Trump’s Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.
NY Times ^ | Nov. 11, 2016 | HENRY FOUNTAIN

Posted on 11/11/2016, 2:51:30 PM by Innovative

The mug-shot posters, pasted on walls and lampposts around Paris by an activist group during the United Nations climate talks last year, were hardly flattering. They depicted Myron Ebell, a climate contrarian, as one of seven “climate criminals” wanted for “destroying our future.”

But in his customary mild-mannered way, Mr. Ebell, who directs environmental and energy policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a libertarian advocacy group in Washington, brushed it off.

In looking for someone to follow through on his campaign vow to dismantle one of the Obama administration’s signature climate change policies, President-elect Donald J. Trump probably could not have found a better candidate for the job than Mr. Ebell.

Mr. Ebell, who revels in taking on the scientific consensus on global warming, will be Mr. Trump’s lead agent in choosing personnel and setting the direction of the federal agencies that address climate change and environmental policy more broadly.

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