Council On Environmental Quality Staff Told To Vacate Longtime Jackson Place Offices
Staffers in the White House's environmental shop have been directed to move out of the building that has long served as the agency's headquarters. Career staff in the Council on Environmental Quality were told to remove their things from 722 Jackson Place, which has been considered CEQ's public home, according to Christy Goldfuss, who led that agency during the Obama administration.
The townhouse across the street from the White House is one of several that CEQ has occupied, with staff also spread out into other buildings on Jackson Place and in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. The staff shuffle was first reported today by The Washington Post.
It's unclear whether the move has any broader implications for CEQ, but it comes as former Obama administration officials and others fear that CEQ will be marginalized in the new administration (Greenwire, Feb. 9).
The Trump team has yet to announce a nominee to lead that agency, although several top energy aides were recently hired to work in the White House. Former Texas environmental regulator Kathleen Hartnett White has been a rumored contender to become the nominee to chair CEQ.
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