EPA Official’s ‘Philosophy’ On Oil Companies: ‘Crucify Them’

Craig Bannister
CNS News.com
April 27, 2012

Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK)[...] quoted a little-watched video from 2010 of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official, Region VI Administrator Al Armendariz, admitting that EPA’s “general philosophy” is to “crucify” and “make examples” of oil and gas companies.

In the video, Administrator Armendariz says:

“I was in a meeting once and I gave an analogy to my staff about my philosophy of enforcement, and I think it was probably a little crude and maybe not appropriate for the meeting, but I’ll go ahead and tell you what I said:

“It was kind of like how the Romans used to, you know, conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They’d go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they’d find the first five guys they saw and they’d crucify them.

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This article was posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 12:59 pm

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