EPA accidentally quotes senator who rails against Trump's executive order

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The Environmental Protection Agency is doing some damage control after mistakenly including a quote critical of President Donald Trump's rollback of Barack Obama's climate change policies in an otherwise praising press release.

The quote, which was misattributed to a coal industry-friendly Republican and West Virginia senator Shelley Moore Capito, actually came from Democratic Delaware senator Tom Carper.

In it, Carper says that Trump has "chosen to recklessly bury his head in the sand."

"Walking away from the Clean Power Plan and other climate initiatives... is not just irresponsible — it is irrational," Carper said. "With the world watching, President Trump and Administrator (Scott) Pruitt have chosen to shirk our responsibility, disregard clear science, and undo the significant progress our country has made to ensure we leave a better, more sustainable planet for generations to come."

This morning @EPA sent out a press release highlighting reaction to Trump's climate Executive Order...this first quote seems off message: pic.twitter.com/Na2EWCrBzj — Patrick Ambrosio (@Pat_Ambrosio) March 30, 2017

Trump has repeatedly called global warming and climate change a "hoax," "fictional," and "bulls***." EPA Chief Pruitt has also publicly rejected science demonstrating climate change.

Following the discovery of the error on the release, the EPA apologized and sent a correction, providing the intended quote from Senator Capito voicing support for Trump's rollback of the Clean Power Plan.

"President Trump kept his promise to roll back one of the most harmful acts of overreach by the Obama administration — the so-called Clean Power Plan," she said. "I was honored to join the President for the signing of this Executive Order, and I look forward to continuing working with the Trump administration to advance environmentally responsible policies that grow the economy — not kill jobs."