This story originally appeared in the Huffington Post and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Congressmen who are angry at US Fish and Wildlife Service enforcement of environmental regulations were not outraged by an activist’s photos showing oil pipes and tanks repaired with duct tape and trash bags. In fact, Reps. Vance McAllister and John Fleming, both Republicans from Louisiana, berated a Democratic witness from the Defenders of Wildlife on Tuesday for illustrating abuses in wildlife refuges with photos of oil-slicked ponds; abandoned, leaky drums; and even bags and duct tape used for as long […]

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