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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency has corrected a media release falsely quoting a Republican senator as criticizing President Donald Trump over his denial of man-made climate change.
The media release Thursday was supposed to be a roundup of statements from officials supporting Trump's executive order seeking to eliminate Obama-era restrictions on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia was misquoted as saying Trump has chosen to "recklessly bury his head in the sand" about the "clear science" showing the Earth is warming. The release also misspelled the first name of the GOP senator, a staunch Trump booster whose home state is heavily dependent on coal mining.
The quote was actually from Sen. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat.
EPA spokesman John Konkus apologized for the mistake.
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