President elect Donald Trump has added a name to the EPA transition team that has area coal and energy supporters cheering. From the Independence Institute’s Energy Policy Center, Amy Oliver Cooke of Colorado was added to the EPA team on Thursday. Cooke is a well known supporter of energy development who has been continually outspoken in opposing Obama administration energy regulations. Moffat County Commissioner John Kinkaid considers this great news, stating that Cooke is already “Moffat County’s friend.” Last week, Cooke wrote a post on
IndependentInstitute.org
stating that elections have consequences and “in 2017, the EPA will be very different under a President Trump administration.”
