American Entropy: White House propagandist quits

11 June 2005

White House propagandist quits

bushCo. oilman, Philip Cooney, quits as Council on Environmental Quality chief. As posted earlier in the week, Mr. Cooney was a big part of the anti-air Bush administration. He was a lobbyist with the American Petroleum Institute. He is a lawyer with a bachelor's degree in economics, he has had no scientific training.

Philip Cooney, the council’s chief of staff and a former energy industry lobbyist, resigned on Friday, two days after The New York Times reported he edited some descriptions of climate research in a way that cast doubt on links between greenhouse gas emissions and rising temperatures.

White House spokeswoman Dana Perino confirmed Cooney had resigned from the council but said it was unrelated to the Times story.

“Mr. Cooney has long been considering his options following four years of service in the administration,” she said. “He had accumulated four weeks of leave and decided to resign and take the summer off to spend time with his family.”

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