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Hundreds of former EPA employees blast Trump on climate change

The Hill: Nearly 800 former employees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have signed a letter to Congress demanding an end to the Trump administration's efforts to "extinguish U.S. climate change policy and leadership."

The letter, which the Environmental Integrity Project said was sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other lawmakers, argues that Trump's policies would "diminish the U.S. in the eyes of the world."

"As we mark the 47th Earth Day this month, the Trump administration and its supporters in Congress are turning their backs on science and what it tells us about the gravest environmental problem of our times — climate change," reads the letter sent to 777 former EPA scientists, analysts, managers and others.

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