How surprised are you?

As I pointed out recently on Running Scared, Philip Cronie errr, Cooney, resigned from his job of editing environmental studies reports to make Big Oil look better for Bush after he was caught... well, basically after he was caught doing his job. I know you were probably worried about the poor dear, what with jobs being so hard to come by these days. Well, fear not. It seems that he was able to quickly land himself another position. Where?

Ex-Bush Aide Who Edited Climate Reports to Join ExxonMobil

Philip A. Cooney, the White House staff member who repeatedly revised government scientific reports on global warming, will go to work for ExxonMobil in the fall, the oil company said today.

Mr. Cooney resigned on Friday as chief of staff to President Bush's environmental policy council, two days after documents obtained by The New York Times showed that he had edited the reports in ways that cast doubt on the link between greenhouse-gas emissions and rising temperatures.

A former lawyer and lobbyist with the American Petroleum Institute, the main lobbying group for the oil industry, Mr. Cooney has no scientific training.

Try to control your shock over this surprise. This story is just such a blatant confirmation of the distateful little love affair that goes on between the Bush family and Big Oil that even Joe Gandelman was left speechless. He does, however, point us to what he calls "the environmental quote of the year."

Some climate scientists and environmental campaigners said Mr. Cooney's quick shift from the White House to Exxon was evidence of a near-seamless relationship between the Bush administration and the oil industry.

"Perhaps he won't even notice he has changed jobs," said David G. Hawkins, who directs the climate center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, a private environmental group.

Priceless.

Update(by Ron)
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