Clement’s resignation letter is a good read (http://ift.tt/2fPgbP7) and the WaPo article gives some additional context.
Interior Department whistleblower resigns, bipartisan former appointees object to Zinke’s statements

Interior Department whistleblower Joel Clement, a scientist and climate policy expert, had been reassigned to an accounting job in retaliation for speaking out, he says

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