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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe only protection going on at the EPA is for Pruit
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/cnn-epa-hire-12-more-agents-pruitt<snip>
The Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of expanding its security fleet for Administrator Scott Pruitt with the hiring of an additional 12 officers, which moves the total number of agents guarding Pruitt to 30, CNN reported Monday.
The move will cost the department an additional $2 million a year, not including training, equipment or travel, according to CNN. No previous EPA chief has received this level of around-the-clock protection, the departments inspector general told CNN, but Pruitt has reportedly received more death threats than any of his predecessors.
The IG office has investigated 70-plus threats against the EPA chief since he came into office.
The EPA is a lightning rod. We get threats from both sides of the spectrum, assistant inspector general Patrick Sullivan told CNN. Some people believe the EPA is not doing enough to enforce environmental laws, and theyre upset about that. Other people think the EPA is doing too much, vis-à-vis enforcing environmental laws and theyre upset about that.
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The only protection going on at the EPA is for Pruit (Original Post)
malaise
Oct 2017
OP
The EPA no longer protects the environment. Its now a shell of itself after 9 months.
LonePirate
Oct 2017
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spanone
(135,846 posts)1. he should be scared, he's eliminating programs that will cause people to die
an additional two million dollars a year?.....fuck you pruitt
malaise
(269,063 posts)3. Meanwhile he's blocking scientists from presenting at a conference
This is madness on heroin.
spanone
(135,846 posts)5. they fear science...it's unequivocal
malaise
(269,063 posts)7. They are terrified of FACTS
Ignorance is their bliss
dalton99a
(81,526 posts)2. Government by murderous sociopaths
malaise
(269,063 posts)4. Men who don't care who dies
always love protection
LonePirate
(13,426 posts)6. The EPA no longer protects the environment. Its now a shell of itself after 9 months.
malaise
(269,063 posts)9. It will take one of their own suffering for lessons to be learned
I hate these morons