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| Myron Ebell
In looking for someone to follow
through on his campaign vow to dismantle one of the Obama administration’s signature climate change policies, President-elect Donald J. Trump probably could not have found a better candidate for the job than Myron Ebell. |
Henry Fountain writes for The New York Times:
Mr.
Ebell, who revels in taking on the scientific consensus on global warming, will
be Mr. Trump’s lead agent in choosing personnel and setting the direction of
the federal agencies that address climate change and environmental policy more
broadly.
Ebell, who revels in taking on the scientific consensus on global warming, will
be Mr. Trump’s lead agent in choosing personnel and setting the direction of
the federal agencies that address climate change and environmental policy more
broadly.
Mr.
Ebell, whose organization is financed in part by the coal industry, has been
one of the most vocal opponents of the linchpin of that policy, the Clean Power
Plan. Developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the plan is
a far-reaching set of regulations that, by seeking to reduce carbon emissions
from electricity generation, could result in the closing of many coal-burning
power plants, among other effects.
Ebell, whose organization is financed in part by the coal industry, has been
one of the most vocal opponents of the linchpin of that policy, the Clean Power
Plan. Developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, the plan is
a far-reaching set of regulations that, by seeking to reduce carbon emissions
from electricity generation, could result in the closing of many coal-burning
power plants, among other effects.
Mr.
Ebell has said that the plan, which has been tied up in the courts since it was
finalized in 2015, is illegal. In the interview in Paris last year, he said he
hoped whoever was elected president would “undo the E.P.A. power plant regs and
some of the other regs that are very harmful to our economy.”
Ebell has said that the plan, which has been tied up in the courts since it was
finalized in 2015, is illegal. In the interview in Paris last year, he said he
hoped whoever was elected president would “undo the E.P.A. power plant regs and
some of the other regs that are very harmful to our economy.”
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