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August 3, 2017

Veteran EPA Official Quits over Trump's Environmental Policies
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A senior official has resigned from the Environmental Protection Agency,
citing the Trump administration's war on science and administrator Scott
Pruitt's business-friendly ties. Elizabeth Southerland, a 30-year
veteran of the EPA, ended her tenure Monday as director of the Office of
Science and Technology for the agency's Water Office. In a public letter
of resignation, Southerland wrote, "Today the environmental field is
suffering from the temporary triumph of myth over truth. The truth is
there is NO war on coal, there is NO economic crisis caused by
environmental protection, and climate change IS caused by man's
activities."


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