Zinke reprimanded park head after climate tweets

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 12/15/17 05:34 AM EST

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke brought the leader of a California park to his office last month to reprimand him for climate change-related tweets the park had sent via Twitter, two sources close to the situation said.

Zinke did not take any formal disciplinary action against David Smith, superintendent of Joshua Tree National Park. And the tweets at issue weren’t deleted, because they didn’t violate National Park Service or Interior Department policies. But Zinke made it clear to Smith that the Trump administration doesn’t want national parks to put out official communications on climate change.

And by bringing Smith from California to Washington, D.C., to deliver the tongue-lashing, he also sent a message to the park service at large.

One source said Smith “got a trip to the woodshed,” and described his one-on-one meeting with Zinke as “highly unusual.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/364994-zinke-reprimanded-park-head-after-climate-tweets

[Maxheader]

1. We'll do it without you.

rightwinghandjob..

[mindem]

2. I am getting so sick of this shit.

The whole repuke party covers its ears and shouts lalalalalala when it comes to anything related to science. Corporate whores.

[democratisphere]

3. We sure wouldn't want the truth about climate change to get out.

Someone might actually want to do something positive about it. The administration of destruction continues.

[MontanaMama]

4. Just go eff yourself Zinke.

You are an embarrassment to all of us in Montana. You are a detriment to our natural resources and this great nation. On another note, I ran into your sister in law at the grocery store the other day and could not even make idle chit chat with her for fear I’d open my big mouth and make us all sorry. You suck Ryan.

[Frustratedlady]

5. Another jet waste of money...

Didn't he have a phone or someone to type up a letter? Sheesh!

[Plucketeer]

6. Zinke rhymes with sink

<- my fervent hopes for him!

[MgtPA]

8. Also stink.

[L. Coyote]

7. Get A Load of This A-hole: Zinke

[Nitram]

9. We just paid for a plane trip from California because one of Trump's moronic Cabinet members

is a deranged anti-science troglodyte?

[maxsolomon]

10. I have a friend in the USFS who got "disciplined", as well.

Not for anything as reprehensible as acknowledging ACC, of course.

http://montanauntamed.com/montana-untamed/article_1d365f8a-19a9-5c9f-9596-3c6cd957d1f5.html

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

11. I live next door to Joshua Tree National Park

It is unlike anywhere else in America.



Zinke is an asshole who flies his own personal flag on the top of the building when he's working in D.C., has his own travel scandal, and is devoted to destroying the concept of public lands.

I'm glad the superintendent was willing to speak the truth.