This is one idea I had:
Inside the EPA administration, can we identify those next in the chain of
command, and communicate to the concerned academic community how we might
begin communicating with them on how to resist the faulty policy directives
that are sure to come from this new director.
In other words, this would be an infiltration action taken for the good of
the people and the environment. I suspect much of the staff at the EPA will
not like these policy directives either, and will want to actively resist
implementing them. I am wondering if the academic community can build
public support for them, by publicizing and criticizing the directives and
the specific EPA staff that are instructed to carry them out. This could be
a combination of articles in public news media, contact with legislative
representatives at all levels of government, and other regulatory agencies,
to make the public as aware as possible how ill advised and unpopular the
policies actually are.
The analogy is to war crimes, where soldiers have the right to resist
criminal orders from commanding officers. Another analogy is the Irish
resistance that actively infiltrated the British police during its
occupation of northern Ireland, in order to get intelligence on planned
actions, and anticipate them.
Just a thought....
Rick Casey
Lafayette, CO
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 11:26 AM, Ashley Camhi <alcamhi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
As many of you know the new head of the EPA was announced yesterday -
Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General.
Here are a few reference articles:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/
wp/2016/12/07/trump-names-scott-pruitt-oklahoma-
attorney-general-suing-epa-on-climate-change-to-head-the-
epa/?utm_term=.676974035f44
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/scott-
pruitt-epa-trump.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fearth&
action=click&contentCollection=earth®ion=rank&module=package&
version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=sectionfront
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/opinion/an-enemy-of-the-
epa-to-head-it.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&
clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-
region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-
col-left-region&_r=0
I really think this is a good group for discussion and action. It would be
great to get this conversation started up once again now that we know who
will be in charge. Now let's think about what we can do.
Thanks,
Ashley
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*Ashley L. Camhi*
Doctoral Candidate
Center for Biology & Society
EcoServices Lab
School of Life Sciences
Arizona State University
