Zinke was called “the face of Trump’s environmental rollbacks” for leading the charge for special interests to loosen environmental standards.
John — Did you hear this? Former Trump Administration Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke is running for Congress and reported to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) this month that he raised $181,235.03.
Zinke was called “the face of Trump’s environmental rollbacks” for leading the charge for special interests to loosen environmental standards. Some of the many actions he took as Interior Secretary include:
Initiating the review process that led to auctioning off the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
Approving a raid by oil and gas companies on the National Petroleum Reserve without proper review.
Urging President Trump to shrink several national monuments that were meant to be permanently protected.
Drafting a leasing program that would open nearly all coastal waters — even off the coast of the Arctic Refuge — to oil and gas drilling.
Selling off triple the public lands to oil and gas drilling than what was average under the Obama Administration.
Proposing policy to weaken the Endangered Species Act by scaling back provisions designed to stop animals from going extinct.
On top of his anti-environmental policies, Secretary Zinke was also mired in charges of corruption and unethical behavior. According to the government watchdog Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), there were at least 18 investigations into Zinke for conduct during his tenure, including retaliation against a whistleblower and politically motivated retaliation against staff, censorship of climate science, misuse of taxpayer dollars on a $139,000 office door, and multiple conflicts of interest.
Between his disastrous anti-environment record and unethical behavior, we don’t need Ryan Zinke in Congress. That’s why SEEC PAC works to raise money to elect pro-environment candidates and defeat those who favor profits and special interests over their job of protecting the public interest and future generations.
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