Hack Coal Lobbyist David Schnare Abruptly Resigns From EPA; Scientists Using Encryption To Talk
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.
David Schnare, an outspoken climate change skeptic, was a member of the so-called EPA “landing team” tasked with creating an “action plan” to reform the agency. Schnare’s abrupt resignation came as a surprise. He was expected to accept a leading position at the EPA. “I wasn’t forced out, and it wasn’t in a tiff,” he told The Hill. “I just wasn’t in a position to achieve much anymore.”
InsideEPA added that Schnare had become “increasingly frustrated with what he described as endless infighting at the agency.” Schnare heaped praise on the vast majority of the employees at the EPA for being dedicated servants, but emphasized that there are a few “who were definitely were antagonistic” to the president and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. “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.
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