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.
No comments:
Post a Comment