EPA OFFICE OF WATER DIRECTOR RESIGNS TO PROTEST TRUMP’S CHOKE-HOLD OVER THE AGENCY
From: ZME Science “While she admits that family concerns also played a hand in the decision, her blistering exit letter makes no qualms in criticizing the Trump administration’s fondness for outright lies.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
TOP EPA SCIENTIST QUITS BECAUSE TRUMP IS “SERIOUSLY WEAKENING AGENCY’S MISSION”
From: IFL Science “Dr Elizabeth Southerland had been working at the EPA for three decades, saying her work and the organization “has been the guiding light to make the ‘right thing’ happen for the greater good, including public health and safety.” Now, with the anti-science ...
A SENIOR EPA OFFICIAL IS LEAVING BECAUSE OF WHAT DONALD TRUMP, SCOTT PRUITT ARE DOING TO IT
From: Salon “Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland is leaving the EPA after working there for more than 30 years, according to a report by Axios. In the memo explaining the reasons for her departure, she singled out the agency’s new (and Trump appointed) administrator Scott Pruitt.” ...
TOP OFFICIAL RESIGNS FROM TRUMP EPA WITH SCATHING LETTER
From: Huff Post “Faced with such painful choices, the best possible outcome for the American people would be regulatory paralysis where no new rules are released so that existing protections remain in place.” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...
TOP EPA OFFICIAL RESIGNS OVER DIRECTION OF AGENCY UNDER TRUMP
From: The Hill “Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland ended her 30-year run at the agency with a scathing exit letter in which she claimed that “the environmental field is suffering from the temporary triumph of myth over truth.” She last worked as the director of science and ...