Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC -- To mark Secretary Ryan Zinke’s imminent departure from the Department of the Interior, activists drove a decked-out moving truck around Washington, DC today to help pack up his scandal-plagued tenure and send him on his way. The truck made stops on Capitol Hill, at the Department of the Interior, and the National Petroleum Council.
“Ryan Zinke has repeatedly been caught with his hand in the cookie jar as he’s sought to use his position to enrich himself and his cronies in the fossil fuel industry,” said Lena Moffitt, Senior Director of the Sierra Club’s Our Wild America campaign. “Between his many scandals and ethics violations and his utterly incompetent management of America’s public lands and waters, it’s long past time for Zinke to be shown the door.”
“Photos from today’s action are available here.
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