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January 18, 2018

Photographer Fired After Pictures Show Energy Secretary Embracing Coal Magnate
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Back in the United States, a former photographer with the Department of
Energy is seeking whistleblower protection, saying he was fired for
documenting collusion between the Trump administration and a coal
company executive. Simon Edelman says he was fired after he leaked
photographs of a March 29 meeting between Energy Secretary Rick Perry
and coal magnate Robert Murray, showing the two embracing at a meeting
at the Department of Energy headquarters in Washington, D.C. Murray has
said he played no role in drafting a Department of Energy rule
subsidizing coal and nuclear power plants. But a photo clearly shows a
letter drafted by Murray and addressed to Energy Secretary Rick Perry
touting an "action plan."


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