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Defying Gov't Censorship, EPA Attorneys Speak Out Against White House-Backed Climate Change Proposal "Cap and Trade"

by via Democracy Now
Thursday, November 12, 2009 :The Environmental Protection Agency is being accused of trying to silence two longtime EPA enforcement attorneys who have publicly criticized a key component of the climate change legislation being considered by Congress. Last week the EPA directed Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel to remove or edit a video they posted to YouTube that warns a cap-and-trade plan will not effectively combat global warming and is "fatally flawed." The couple instead advocate for a solution involving carbon fees with rebates.
The video is titled “The Huge Mistake” and was posted to the web in September. The agency issued its warning only after the couple published an opinion article in “The Washington Post” in late October which echoed concerns raised in the video. The EPA also said they would have to get approval for any future outside writing projects.

The video is no longer on the couple’s website but it is available in full through link posted on the website of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

The EPA says it is simply asking the couple to follow government ethics rules that require them to state that their views are their own and not those of the agency.

But the couple do state in the video that they were speaking in their capacity as private citizens, parents, and a married couple and not on behalf of the EPA.

Well, Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel join us now from Berkeley, California.

Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, EPA lawyers critical of cap-and-trade plan.

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