Interior Whistleblower Quits, Lambastes Ryan Zinkes Resume Of Failure

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POLITICS 10/04/2017 05:50 pm ET Updated 1 hour ago
Interior Whistleblower Quits, Lambastes Ryan Zinke’s ‘Resume Of Failure’
In his resignation letter, Joel Clement calls on Trump’s interior secretary to step down and for agency staff to “speak truth to power.”
By Chris D’Angelo


Joel Clement — a federal scientist who blew the whistle on the Trump administration, claiming he was reassigned for warning about the dangers of climate change to Alaska natives — has resigned from his post at the Interior Department.

In a resignation letter Wednesday, which Clement shared with HuffPost, he blasts Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and President Donald Trump for their “poor leadership.”

“Retaliating against civil servants for raising health and safety concerns is unlawful, but there are many items to add to your resume of failure,” Clement wrote to Zinke. Those failures, he said, include “muzzling scientists and policy experts,” conducting an “arbitrary and sloppy review of our treasured National Monuments,” targeting an Obama-era conservation plan for the greater sage grouse, and compromising tribal sovereignty.

“Secretary Zinke, your agenda profoundly undermines the {Interior Department’s} mission and betrays the American people,” Clement wrote.

Clement, a seven-year Interior employee, was among dozens of senior Interior staff reassigned in June as part of a sweeping reorganization. Those transfers are under investigation by the department’s inspector general to determine whether they were done legally.

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“You have not silenced me; I will continue to be an outspoken advocate
for action, and my voice will be part of the American chorus calling for your resignation so that someone loyal to the interests of all Americans, not just special interests, can take your job,” Clement wrote, referring to Zinke, a former House member from Montana. “My thoughts and wishes are with the career women and men who remain at DOI. I encourage them to persist when possible, resist when necessary, and speak truth to power so the institution may recover and thrive once this assault on its mission is over.”

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