March 1 2017
Washington, DC- In response to Senate confirmation of Ryan Zinke as Interior Secretary, Greenpeace USA Climate & Energy Campaigner Diana Best said:
“Unlike his boss, Ryan Zinke can string a coherent sentence together, but don’t be fooled. As Interior Secretary, Zinke will sell out the American people for corporate interests in no time, giving away more public lands to private development, undermining efforts to modernize the federal leasing program, and compromising the Interior’s charter to manage lands to serve the interests of all Americans. Every Senator that voted against Zinke knows that and we expect them to hold him accountable.
Zinke has consistently shown he would rather use his influence to save dying fossil fuel industries than use it to protect iconic places, uphold treaty rights of sovereign nations, or to catalyze the transition to renewable energy. He should buckle up for opposition like he has never seen before.”
Contact:
Cassady Craighill, [email protected], 828-817-3328
