Trump official under fire after granting broad access to mining and oil firms

[Hermit-The-Prog]

Source: The Guardian

A key Trump administration official scheduled roughly twice as many meetings with mining and fossil-fuel representatives as with environmental groups, public records requests have revealed.

Further investigation shows that some of the firms she met with later benefited directly from administration decisions that weakened wilderness and wildlife protections.

As is the case with other prominent interior department officials appointed by the department secretary, Ryan Zinke, the official work calendar of his senior adviser Kathleen Benedetto indicates the remarkable access that the extractive industries have to the Trump administration.

“It makes it look like [Benedetto] is the fixer for mining companies,” said Aaron Weiss, a staffer at Center for Western Priorities, an environmental group. The interior department did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/mar/09/environment-trump-oil-gas-kathleen-benedetto

[Angry Dragon]

1. as EVIL as Trump.........afraid to answer..........

CORPORATIONS OVER PEOPLE IS THEIR BATTLE CRY

[Paladin]

2. I trust no one is surprised by this. (nt)

[lark]

3. Said it hundreds of times and it's true in this case too -

Criminal lying traitorous grifters hire other criminal lying traitorous grifters. The miracle would be if anyone in this administration had even one shred of integrity.

[Hortensis]

4. No. Sigh. And as Lark says.

look as if "[Benedetto] is the fixer for mining companies"