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PA: "Wolf’s Environmental Chief Is Out, Following Email Controversy" [1]

"[Pennsylvania] Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley resigned Friday afternoon, following several news reports about a controversial email he sent last month to environmental groups.

Governor Tom Wolf issued a statement thanking Quigley for his service, without offering any details about the nature of his departure.

'The email is the straw that broke the camel’s back,' says a source close to the Wolf administration. '[Quigley] has no relationships with the legislature and has angered a lot of people within the administration. It’s a long line of things that have become a problem.'"

Marie Cusick reports for StateImpact Pennsylvania May 20, 2016. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Here’s The Email That Led To The Resignation Of Wolf’S Environmental Secretary" (StateImpact Pennsylvania) [3]

Environmental Politics [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [5]
Public [6]
Source: StateImpact Pennsylvania [2], 05/24/2016
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/pa-wolf%E2%80%99s-environmental-chief-out-following-email-controversy [2] https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/05/20/wolfs-environmental-chief-is-out-following-email-controversy/ [3] https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/05/23/heres-the-email-that-led-to-the-resignation-of-wolfs-environmental-secretary/ [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81