Ebell has no scientific training, no degrees in science, and yet presumes to tell all the highly qualified scientists who have actually spent entire careers studying climate change, its causes and potential consequences, that they don't know what they are talking about! It is every bit as irrational as appointing someone with no medical training or degree and who doesn't believe in germ theory as the U.S. Surgeon General!
What is even worse is that Ebell is not only supported monetarily by Big Oil and the Koch Brothers, but he actually boasts of being in their pay, and even openly solicits more money from them!
Meet Myron Ebell.
In the midst of a tumultuous start to Donald Trump’s presidential administration, you may have missed the stories about him. Let me recap. Ebell is a renowned climate denier, lobbyist, long-time D.C. talking head and, sadly, a supporter of many polluting energy companies.
He’s also heading up Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency transition team.
That’s right. President-elect Trump chose a science skeptic and ally to companies with long histories of pollution to start his EPA.
In an open letter earlier in November, I urged President-elect Trump to break from the traditional molds of party politics and do right by the American people. He did the opposite. Donald Trump must not allow the special interests he promised to combat during his presidency instead control his administration. Appointing a polluter-friendly, D.C. insider is not what the American people want. Protecting polluter profits over public health isn’t either.
Here is a petition to Tell Donald Trump: we will not accept a polluter in chief.