At Least 4 EPA Press Releases In Past Month Promoted Daily Caller, Freedomworks, Heartland Institute
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) keeps highlighting articles written by climate science deniers in a bid to promote the agencys work under its embattled leader. From the Heartland Institute to The Daily Caller, the EPA is going to the political margins to find commentary that is complimentary of Administrator Scott Pruitts anti-environment agenda.
Over the past month, the EPA has issued at least four press-releases that simply promote articles published elsewhere rather that providing original information from the agency.
The latest example of this practice is a press released issued by the EPA on Monday that touts an article written by former Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli. In the article, published by right-leaning news site Real Clear Policy, Cuccinelli said Pruitt has shown unrivaled commitment to carrying out the presidents agenda of deregulation.
Cuccinelli is director of the FreedomWorks Foundation Regulatory Action Center, a Koch brothers-funded group that hailed President Donald Trumps planned withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement as a win for America. After Trumps announcement last June, FreedomWorks said the agreement does nothing for climate change, which is still continually questioned by scientists. As Virginia attorney general, Cuccinelli launched an attack on prominent climate scientist Michael Mann, who was teaching at the University of Virginia at the time. Cuccinelli tried and failed to obtain a subpoena to gain access to Manns work papers to scrutinize his use of grants.
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https://thinkprogress.org/under-scott-pruitt-epa-uses-editorials-as-press-releases-4d7d9b88d685/