Jonathon Berman, jonathon.berman@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC -- Late yesterday, it was announced that Energy Secretary Rick Perry will be resigning from office. Perry has repeatedly sought avenues to force taxpayers to illegally bail out uneconomical coal and nuclear plants only to see these efforts rejected. Perry had also suggested that fossil fuel development will decrease the number of sexual assaults.
Perry’s resignation comes as his name is being raised in connection to the ongoing impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement:
“Rick Perry just joined the undistinguished list of Trump cabinet members to resign after wasting the American people’s tax dollars trying to help fossil fuel billionaires, proving that while he eventually remembered the name of the Department he was tasked with running, he never understood its mission. Further efforts by this Administration to illegally bail out the coal industry will face the same fate as Perry’s tenure.”
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