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wishstar

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Thu Mar 30, 2017, 08:57 PM Mar 2017

You can't make this up more Trumpbumbling-EPA mistakenly releases email slamming Trump

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/epa-mistakenly-criticizes-trump’s-executive-order/ar-BBz4euU?OCID=ansmsnnews11

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) apologized Thursday after mistakenly sending a news release that criticized President Trump's executive order on climate change policies.

In the release, the EPA included quotes praising Trump's Tuesday order to start undoing former President Barack Obama's climate actions, but it misattributed a negative statement to Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).

"With this Executive Order, President Trump has chosen to recklessly bury his head in the sand. Walking away from the Clean Power Plan and other climate initiatives, including critical resiliency projects is not just irresponsible - it's irrational," it quoted Capito as saying.
"Today's executive order calls into question America's credibility and our commitment to tackling the greatest environmental challenge of our lifetime."

However, that statement actually came from Sen. Tom Carper (Del.), the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee and a harsh critic of Trump's environmental agenda.
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You can't make this up more Trumpbumbling-EPA mistakenly releases email slamming Trump (Original Post) wishstar Mar 2017 OP
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