Green Group Lobbyist Tried to Enlist EPA in Illicit Fundraising Scheme
Posted By Lachlan Markay On September 13, 2016 @ 5:00 am In Issues | No Comments
A lobbyist tried to enlist a top Environmental Protection Agency official to help his environmental group raise money for advocacy campaigns supporting major EPA regulations, internal emails show.
Conrad Schneider, the top lobbyist for the left-wing Clean Air Task Force, was in frequent contact with Michael Goo, EPA’s top policy official, in the run-up to the agency’s landmark 2013 power plant emissions regulations, the emails show.
In late 2012, Schneider tried to take their collaboration a step further. He suggested that CATF’s financiers call Goo personally so that he could attest to the nonprofit’s behind-the-scenes work with EPA in crafting and marketing the regulation. The idea, Schneider said, was to demonstrate CATF’s effectiveness to its funders.
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