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EPA Orders Employees to Remove YouTube Climate Video

News Type: Event — Seeded on Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:06 PM EST
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered two of its attorneys to remove a video they posted on YouTube about problems with climate change legislation backed by the Obama administration or face "disciplinary action", according to documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The couple had received clearance for posting the video but EPA took issue with its content following publication of an op-ed piece by the two in The Washington Post on October 31.

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The video, entitled “The Huge Mistake”, is by Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, two EPA enforcement attorneys speaking as private citizens. The video explains why the cap & trade plan endorsed by President Obama will not accomplish its goals, let alone effectively curb climate change. On November 5, 2009, EPA ethics officials ordered the two veteran employees to –

  • “Remove your climate change video from You Tube by the close of business on Friday, November 6, 2009”;

“How is government supposed to be transparent when public servants are forbidden from discussing the nature of their work?” asked Ruch.

INDEED!! That is a very good question, Ruch, and one that begs for an answer.

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    Reply#1 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:08 PM EST
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    Adrian Thorn

    Our government does not seek to be transparent. By the very nature of its foundations it seeks only to protect and forward the interests of the wealthy and their business ventures. Videos like this would shed light on this reality and so they are obscured from our vision.

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    #1.1 - Fri Nov 13, 2009 5:34 PM EST
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    MinnieApolis

    Well put, Adrian.

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    #1.2 - Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:12 PM EST
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    MinnieApolis

    Well put, Adrian.

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      #1.3 - Sat Nov 14, 2009 11:13 PM EST
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