PEER Joins Dozens of Groups Concerned with Pizarchik Nomination
Sep 3rd, 2009 by admin
PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) has joined dozens of other groups to express grave concerns about the nomination of Joseph Pizarchik for Director of the Office of Surface Mining.
The Obama administration passed over excellent candidates to chose Pizarchik. As PEER stated:
“It is appointments like this that are causing many to become disillusioned with the Obama presidency,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, noting an Obama campaign promise to curb mountain-top removals from which his administration has backed away, approving scores of permits for mountain-top mining. “Putting forward a nominee who claims ignorance on a central issue so that his true position cannot be discerned is the sort of cynical politics I thought President Obama vowed to change.”
Those wishing to express concern over this nomination can go here to write to the Senate committe which has the power to confirm or reject the nomination.
