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EPA Orders Employees Critical of Cap-and-Trade to Remove Video from Web. Press Release, PEER.org, November 9, 2009. "EPA has ordered two of its attorneys to remove a video they posted on YouTube about problems with climate change legislation backed by the Obama administration or face 'disciplinary action,' according to documents released on November 9 by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). The couple had received clearance for posting the video but EPA took issue with its content following publication of an op-ed piece by the two in The Washington Post on October 31. The video, entitled The Huge Mistake, is by Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel, two [California] EPA enforcement attorneys speaking as private citizens. The video explains why the cap & trade plan endorsed by President Obama will not accomplish its goals, let alone effectively curb climate change... Williams and Zabel, who are married to each other, go to great lengths in the video and other writings to provide disclaimers affirming that their views are personal and do not represent the agency. However, EPA now objects to them even referring to their on-the-job experience as the basis for their views... Read the EPA directive to remove the video... Watch the censored video... See their Washington Post op-ed... View Williams and Zabel's more detailed critique of cap & trade."