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From: Government Executive “In a statement released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Southerland went public as a dissenter from the Trump administration’s deregulatory agenda, saying, “Today the environmental field is suffering from the temporary triumph of ...

From: Washington Times ““The truth is,” she wrote, The Hill reported, “There is NO war on coal, there is NO economic crisis caused by environmental protection, and climate change IS caused by man’s activities.”” Read more . . . Read the PEER story ...

From: Town Hall ““The environmental field is suffering from the temporary triumph of myth over truth,” wrote Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland, who had been at the EPA for 30 years, and was director of science and technology in the agency’s Office of Water.” Read more . . . ...

From: Ecowatch “A 30-year U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) senior official left federal service Tuesday convinced that her agency is being steered in a disastrously wrong direction, according to her farewell message posted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ( ...

From: Greenwire “In the exit memo, released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Southerland said EPA had often been “the guiding light to make the ‘right thing’ happen for the greater good” throughout her career.” Read more . . . Read the ...

From: Washington Post “In a statement planned for release Tuesday by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and during email and phone interviews with The Washington Post, she talked about how “EPA has been the guiding light to make the ‘right thing’ happen for ...