For some reason, 144 EPA employees probably weren’t aware of or didn’t pay attention to the warnings of potential reductions in force at the agency, voluntary resignations at the EPA, or even the recent layoffs and firings of USAID employees resulting from the corruption uncovered there. The EPA climate cultists even went so far as to jointly sign a letter denouncing President Trump’s policies only for some of them to end up later being suspended.

Trump campaigned and won resulting from his promising to revamp the EPA’s focus that, until recently, had been weaponized to engage in Obama and Biden’s war on America’s energy sector. Efforts that were deemed taboo, under Biden, to reveal or criticize.

The suspended employees’ letter contains a laundry list of programs used by environmentalists to entrench themselves in the bureaucracy in hopes of undermining Trump and his policies. This revealed, for example, by the employees’ reeling against dismantling the EPA office of research and development along with the cancelation of a slew of so-called environmental justice grant programs. As it turns out, the letter is part of a number of coordinated efforts undertaken by a clandestine network of EPA employees.

The opposition continues to meltdown over the disciplinary actions too. Top Democrat on the House Science, Space and Technology Committee, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, accused the Trump White House and EPA of adopting unlawful policy stances. The California Democrat defended the employees’ alleged right to publicly scold the government, stating, This Administration will stop at nothing to favor polluters over public health.

Sierra Club Climate Policy Director Patrick Drupp called for the reinstatement of the employees, saying, These workers recognized the severe threat posed by Zeldin and Trump as they undermine critical environmental laws, putting countless American lives at risk.

However, EPA Chief Lee Zeldin wasn’t having any of it, saying the EPA staffers’ letter was riddled with misinformation.

The swift removal of the activist employees was the right move and they comprised of 144 of the 620 letter’s signatories. This wasn’t a matter of thoughtful or true dissent, but decrying holding the staffers responsible for their actions in violation of federal and EPA employment policies. With the EPA staffer’s internal actions having been revealed, more disciplinary actions will undoubtedly be coming soon.

PHOTO CREDIT: View of the  Washington, D.C. Headquarters offices of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). By USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency – Environmental Protection Agency building, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51969668