Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Old Fossil Fuels Trump's D.C. Swamp


This memo is a wish list obtained by the New York Times, and written to Vice President Mike Pence.

The author is Robert E. Murray, a coal baron who has spent sixty years in the industry largely fighting the United Mine Workers, environmental regulations, “debunking” climate change … and now, paying President Trump’s inaugural committee $300,000 to gain special access to federal regulators.
The NYT reports that 14 major “wishes” have already been granted—for example, withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, curtailing carbon gas sequestration programs, and installing Big Coal’s chief lawyer in the No. 2 slot at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Ironically, Mr. Murray needed an oxygen tank at his side when he testified before a West Virginia regulatory panel on clean air.  

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