Republican who said pipeline activists were waging jihad confirmed to energy agency
Source: Think Progress
The Senate voted Thursday evening to confirm two Republican nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, one of whom accused natural gas pipeline opponents of waging a “jihad” against the agency.
Robert Powelson, a member of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission who made the accusation against pipeline opponents, and Neil Chatterjee, a senior energy policy adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), were confirmed by unanimous consent.
“The Senate just gave about as much attention to pushing through these FERC nominees as FERC gives to the impacts of fossil fuel projects they approve: Zero. This is a shameful day in shameful times for the U.S. Senate,” David Turnbull, campaigns director at Oil Change International, said in a statement issued late Thursday.
Read more: https://thinkprogress.org/republican-who-said-pipeline-activists-were-waging-jihad-confirmed-to-energy-agency/
Oh yippie
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and if it is found out that this "team' broke numerous laws, do these people get fired...................
