EPA doing the 'right thing' is 'not possible' under Trump, says latest protesting official

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Source: Washington Post

EPA doing the ‘right thing’ is ‘not possible’ under Trump, says latest protesting official

By Joe Davidson | Columnist August 1 at 7:00 AM

Elizabeth “Betsy” Southerland loved her work at the Environmental Protection Agency.

Then Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt came along.

Now Southerland, who was director of science and technology in the agency’s Office of Water, said she is “heartbroken about the impact of the new administration on environmental protection in this country.”

After 30 years at EPA, her last day was Monday.

Southerland becomes the latest in a series of protesting federal scientists. She denounced the destructive environmental policies of President Trump and EPA Administrator Pruitt. Family concerns played an important role in her decision to leave, but she also can’t stomach the current direction of an agency that answers to a White House wallowing in disarray and disgrace.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/08/01/epa-doing-the-right-thing-is-not-possible-under-trump-says-resigning-official/

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1. I thank her for going public with her story in WP