Shitstain Nominates Oil & Gas Executive To Run Renewable Energy Office (EERE) At US Department Of Energy
President Donald Trump’s choice to lead the renewables office at the Department of Energy lacks experience with one core part of the job: clean energy. Audrey Robertson, tapped by Trump in February, is a C-suite and board veteran at oil and gas firms in the western U.S. She helped found Denver-based Franklin Mountain Energy, a since-sold natural gas fracking firm in the Permian Basin with an open investigation at EPA over recent Clean Air Act violations.
Robertson also sits on the board of Liberty Energy, the fracking services company led by Energy Secretary Chris Wright until his resignation in January. Earlier in her career, Robertson worked at Goldman Sachs and Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, an investment firm focused on fossil fuels. Environmentalists say it’s malpractice to put an oil and gas executive atop the DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, which for years has led research efforts on zero-emissions energy.
“Like most of Trump’s nominations, putting Audrey Robertson in charge of the DOE renewable energy office is no different than putting an arsonist in charge of the fire department,” Brett Hartl, government affairs director at the Center for Biological Diversity, told POLITICO’s E&E News. “This is a government of the fossil fuel industry, by the fossil fuel industry and for the fossil fuel industry.”
The efficiency and renewable energy office at DOE, often referred to by its acronym EERE, covers a broad range of research and development on clean energy systems. EERE houses programs on solar, wind, geothermal, electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cells. It also administers DOE efficiency regulations for home appliances and industrial equipment.
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