Media Blackout Ordered For EPA Employees During Trump Transition

By Nathan Rott
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee’s confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. J. Scott Applewhite/AP
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee’s confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, confers with Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, during the committee's confirmation hearing for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. J. Scott Applewhite/AP

Media Blackout Ordered For EPA Employees During Trump Transition

By Nathan Rott
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The Trump administration has ordered a temporary media blackout for the Environmental Protection Agency as its transition team gets into place.

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