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struggle4progress

(118,345 posts)
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 01:20 AM Feb 2018

Climate change sceptic dropped as environment expert

Associated Press
Sat 3 Feb 2018 23.23 EST

The nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White, a climate change sceptic, to serve as Donald Trump’s top environmental adviser is to be withdrawn, the White House has confirmed.

White was announced in October last year as Trump’s choice to chair the Council on Environmental Quality.

But White’s nomination languished and was among a batch of nominations the Senate sent back to the White House when it adjourned at the end of 2017. Trump would have had to resubmit White’s nomination ...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/04/kathleen-hartnett-white-dropped-trump-environment-adviser

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Climate change sceptic dropped as environment expert (Original Post) struggle4progress Feb 2018 OP
Good. MLAA Feb 2018 #1
...... BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #2
Good news for the nonce, but he must have a list of other cretins a mile long ProudLib72 Feb 2018 #3

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
3. Good news for the nonce, but he must have a list of other cretins a mile long
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 02:47 AM
Feb 2018

Then again, the Senate has been known to put off presidential appointments for 11 months.

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