How far through the Looking Glass have we gone that an oil-and-gas lobbyist and former George W. Bush administration official could be considered a moderating influence at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)?
Axios reporters Jonathan Swan and Amy Harder are reporting that the Trump Administration will appoint Jeffery Holmstead as the deputy EPA administrator to Climate Change denier EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Swann and Harder suggest that Holmstead could be a “moderating” influence on Pruitt, a man so extreme he sued the EPA 13 times to prevent implementation of its regulations during his stint as attorney general of Oklahoma.
Now Holmstead does appear to be more moderate in views than Pruitt and certainly is more moderate than many members of the Trump Administration and Congress on energy issues, but it should be noted that his current job is working as a lobbyist for companies looking to build new coal-fired power plants, refineries, renewable energy sources, and electric transmission infrastructure…
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OH here we go again with clever editing. You report that Pruitt is a climate change denier and ipso facto a bogey man. But when you click the link to the article what does it say? “Late yesterday we found out who that someone will be: Oklahoma Attorney General E. Scott Pruitt, who denies the scientific consensus on man-made Climate Change and has repeatedly sued the EPA to block regulation of power plants.”
He rejects the “scientific consensus” on man made climate change. So does anyone who investigates the falsification of data and the vested interests playing the fear factor.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/08/08/climate-change-the-hoax-that-costs-us-4-billion-a-day/
Of course the climate is changing – it always has and always will. When the next mini ice age comes tuck yourself up well. Oh for the days of vineyards in western England when the Romans were here. But for now we will have to wait and see. Thank God for President Trump and when you report please do it accurately – the climate IS changing – man did NOT make that happen.
Thanks Peter. We don’t usually get climate deniers commenting on the pv magazine USA site, and it’s a refreshing change to hear from one of the few people who is still in your increasingly small camp.