A senior member of the Trump administration’s transition team for the Environmental Protection Agency unexpectedly resigned last Wednesday, citing concerns of the “integrity” of long time workers at the agency.
He Waged Intimidation Campaigns Against Climate Scientists; Now He’s Helping giving up trying to help Trump Remake destroy the EPA.
MANY OF THE LEADING scientists working on climate change research around the country have found themselves targeted by David Schnare, an attorney working for a coal-industry-backed nonprofit. In recent years, Schnare has hounded academics with lawsuits and voluminous record requests as part of a campaign the Union of Concerned Scientists has called “harassment” designed to “chill their speech, and discourage them from tackling contentious topics.”
Then he got beaten down by EPA employees.
InsideEPA added that Schnare had become “increasingly frustrated with what he described as endless infighting at the agency.”
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“They’re here for some other reason. They’re here for a cause,” he added.
Previous reports back up Schnare’s claim that some EPA employees have opted to work against the new administration.
An unnamed EPA staffer told Politico that employees will “fight actions they deem ill-advised or illegal by quietly providing information of what is happening inside their agencies to advocacy groups and the media.”
Politico also reported that a small number of EPA employees began utilizing encrypted communication “using the app Signal shortly after Trump’s inauguration,” to bypass White House oversight, possibly in violation of federal records law.
Imagine that, a group of EPA employees who are there for a cause and will “fight actions they deem ill-advised or illegal” to protect our environment.
There’s still reason for hope, good people doing good things.