Posted on 02/16/2017 4:15:21 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Hundreds of former Environmental Protection Agency officials have signed a letter in protest of Scott Pruitt’s nearing confirmation as EPA Administrator.
The letter, put together by the nonprofit group Environmental Integrity Project, was signed by 773 former EPA staffers, including scientists, engineers and attorneys. The EIP sent the letter to the Senate, where members could confirm Pruitt as early as Friday, the organization said in a statement.
“Pruitt, a close ally of the oil and gas industry, has made a career of suing EPA and attacking the idea of federal action to reduce pollution – while simultaneously failing to enforce environmental laws in his own state and shutting down the Environmental Protection Unit in the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office,” the EIP said in the statement.
As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt sued the EPA more than a dozen times. He is a climate change denier whose own LinkedIn page refers to himself as “a leading advocate against EPA’s activist agenda.”
In a January confirmation hearing, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) asked Pruitt if “there is any safe level of lead that can be taken into the human body.”
“Senator, that is something I have not reviewed nor know about,” Pruitt replied. (The answer is no).
Ellen Spitalnik was a former EPA attorney who served both Republican and Democratic administrations from 1980 to 2002. She signed the letter in opposition to President Donald Trump’s pick.
“My life’s work is protecting public health and the environment, so I must speak out against this unqualified extremist,” Spitalnik said in a statement. “Pruitt represents what we environmental lawyers call an ‘imminent and substantial endangerment’ to our health and environment. He threatens the very integrity of EPA and must not be allowed to continue shutting down environmental enforcement, disregarding science and putting private interests above public good.”
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800 loser Hillary voters say no.
I saw later after I posted the word former, AARRGGHH.
The media like the Hill reported on how the President did not get more EV’s than past Presidents, and now this!
Of all the things going on and jobs coming back the media has to focus on this crap yet again, and they wonder why their numbers are lower than Congress.
How about the FORMER EPA? I like the sound of that.
That just made the case for Pruitt stronger.
Fixed it.
Throw in the pension and now you’re talking serious money.
Sounds like a good reason to pick Pruitt.
They’re welcome to leave.
Former. They have less say than those in the office. Zero say.
I cannot think of a stronger endorsement.
Only 800. I guess he’s not as good as I thought he would be.
LOL
Find the current staffers who are corresponding with these 800 former ones. Fire them first. If it’s 100%, too bad.
Figure in the luxurious benefits too. Double it.
CC
This one is SO important. Now they trying to use a court ruling for an info request as a last ditch effort to delay and ultimately kill this guy. It’s will a big loss if Pruitt is rejected. Have the vote ASAP like tomorrow the longer the delay the more chance he gets spiked.
Good.
He is an “unqualified extremist.” Sounds bad, whatever that is.
EPA. Just cancel the useless agency and many, many others.
I would call the the resignation list. Those dumb asses make it so easy.
“Nearly 800 Former EPA Staffers Sign Letter Opposing Scott Pruitt”
I view that as 800 endorsements for Pruitt.
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