EPA official called White House ‘d—heads’ for delaying fracking rules

Published September 12, 2016 3:13pm ET



A top Environmental Protection Agency official called his colleagues in the White House a vulgar name for not handing down tough fracking regulations, according to a media report.

The Washington Free Beacon published text messages, obtained by the Energy and Environment Legal Institute, between EPA policy chief Michael Goo and Sierra Club top climate policy official John Coequyt in which Goo expressed frustration with the White House Office of Management and Budget.

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