Trump Team Asks DOE for List of Employees Who Have Attended UN Climate Events


Ronald Reagan once stated that the Department of Energy never produced a bucket of oil, a comment that was no doubt intended to illustrate the uselessness of the DOE.  So what’s Trump planning to do with it?

It looks like he has his transition team taking inventory of what’s there.

President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has requested information about how the Energy Department operates under President Obama, potentially hinting at how Trump will tackle the agency.

In the survey obtained by The Hill, Trump’s team asked the Department of Energy for a list of employees who have attended United Nations climate events, as well as those who worked on the “social cost of carbon” metric, which is used to outline climate impacts of agency regulations.

The team also asked multiple questions about job openings and which jobs might be filled before Inauguration Day.

Those are interesting questions.  Those who went to UN climate events and worked on social costs might be part of the swamp he intends to drain.

The survey has specific questions regarding national laboratories, such as the top-paid employees at each lab, professional society memberships of staffs and what licensing agreements and royalties the labs receive.

Transition officials are also seeking information on agency loan programs and research activities, including from the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, an Obama initiative to fund clean energy projects. The survey was first reported by Bloomberg.

These are not just random questions.  They are designed to determine the positions held by leaders and other officials within the DOE, and thus the likelihood they will be on-board with the initiatives Trump intends to pursue.

If they aren’t on-board, then they are part of the swamp.  In which case they should polish up their resumes.

Source:  The Hill



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