DC: Department of Energy (DOE) officials withheld information from Congress to advance President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan and fired an employee who honestly and thoroughly answered legislative staff’s questions, a congressional committee investigation found.
DOE officials, including Noelle Metting, met with staff from the House Science, Space and Technology and Senate Energy and Natural Resources committees in October 2014 to discuss pending legislation the agency opposed. DOE wanted to suppress information to kill support for the bill, science committee Republicans revealed in a report Tuesday.
Metting was later fired because she “refused to conform to [DOE management’s] predetermined remarks” and provided “candid and complete information” in response to the committees’ questions, the report said.
“Instead of providing the type of scientific information needed by Congress to legislate effectively, senior departmental officials sought to hide information, lobbied against legislation, and retaliated against a scientist for being forthcoming,” Science, Space and Technology committee Chairman Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican, said in a statement.
They fired the scientist and in retaliation, we fired Barky!
Wow. And I wonder why the Yucca Mountain project is on life support.
Like the poster says…
Carry On And Wait Till January 21st
First their gonna have to jack up one side of the White House to let the toxic waste run out of it for a month while the EPA declares it as a Superfund site.
how does a federal employee get fired?
deny global warming.
Trump needs to appoint the
real scientist they fired to
the Department’s Directorship.