By Dave Boyer | The Washington Times – Tuesday, December 13, 2016
In another sign that the transition isn’t proceeding as smoothly as President Obama professes, the Energy Department refused Tuesday to provide President-elect Donald Trump’s team with a list of federal employees who have worked on climate change programs.
Energy Department spokesman Eben Burnhan-Snyder said a questionnaire from the Trump transition team last week “left many in our workforce unsettled.”“We are going to respect the professional and scientific integrity and independence of our employees at our labs and across our department,” Mr. Burnham-Snyder said in a statement. “We will be forthcoming with all publicly-available information with the transition team. We will not be providing any individual names to the transition team.”
The survey asked department officials for a list of employees who have worked on Mr. Obama’s climate change priorities, including the Paris climate agreement and the social cost of carbon emissions.
Adding to the transition tensions, Mr. Trump is expected to name former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to be his new Energy secretary. Many in the Obama administration and its environmental allies view Mr. Perry as a foe of Mr. Obama’s clean-energy and climate-change initiatives.
The rejection of the Trump team’s request at the Energy Department comes a day after the White House renewed accusations of Mr. Trump’s ties to Russia, and criticized Republican lawmakers for not raising concerns prior to the election about his alleged coziness with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Congress now plans to investigate claims that Russian hackers interfered in the U.S. election with the aim of helping Mr. Trump win, a charge that the president-elect rejects vehemently. >>> Continue Reading At Washington Times
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