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Report: Pendley Denied Climate Change, Blamed Migrants For Disease [1]

"A top Interior Department official reportedly denied the existence of climate change and compared undocumented immigrants to 'cancer.'

CNN reported Tuesday that Bureau of Land Management acting Director William Perry Pendley, who was appointed in July, also claimed that Islam was at war with America and blamed migrants for diseases.

Pendley told The Hill in a statement that the comments were out of context and not relevant to his current job."
 
Rachel Frazin reports for The Hill October 8, 2019. [2]
 
SEE ALSO:

"Senior Interior Official Denied There Was An Ozone Hole And Compared Undocumented Immigrants To Cancer" (CNN) [3]

 

Climate Change [4]
Environmental Politics [5]
Government [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
People & Population [8]
Science [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Public [11]
Source: The Hill [2], 10/10/2019
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