Among Washington's most important but rarely covered realities is the
daily close coordination among Democratic politicians, executive branch
bureaucrats and the left side of the non-profit activism community.
Emails obtained recently through a Freedom of Information Act request submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute exposed a slice of that coordination in the campaign to stop construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
The emails show, according to Fox News
correspondent John Roberts, "senior policy officials at the EPA working
closely with environmental groups in what appears to be an effort to
kill the pipeline."
"On its face, it smacks of classic secret dealing and an
uncomfortably close working relationship and one that is known to these
parties, but quite plainly not advertised to the public," EELI's
Christopher Horner told Roberts in an interview.
Roberts also quoted Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., who said, "These
damning emails make it clear that the Obama administration has been
actively trying to stop this important project for years."
Among the environmental groups noted in the emails obtained by the
EELI were the Sierra Club, the Environmental Defense Fund, Natural
Resources Defense Council and the National Wildlife Fund.
Conflicts of interest?
Rep. Lee Terry, R-Neb., reviewed the emails and called for EPA to
recuse itself from Keystone deliberations, saying “the revelation of
these emails is disturbing and quite contrary to how one would expect
the self-proclaimed, most transparent administration in history to act.
EPA should recuse themselves from any deliberations regarding the
Keystone XL pipeline due to a clear conflict of interest."
Terry also questioned whether recently hired White House senior
counselor John Podesta, the founder of another liberal non-profit
activist group, the Center for American Progress, was aware of the
relationship.
"I believe it’s important for the public to know how far these secret
interactions with the administration went. Was the White House privy to
these meetings? And did John Podesta at any point have knowledge of or
was he involved in coordinating these meetings," Terry asked.
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