Trump’s team backs away from controversial questionnaire seeking names of climate workers

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team said the questionnaire sent last week to the Energy Department asking for the names of employees working on climate change was not authorized, according to Reuters. The questionnaire raised alarm for singling out climate scientists, and was criticized by some members of Congress and the White House.
"The questionnaire was not authorized or part of our standard protocol," Trump spokesman Sean Spicer told Reuters. "The person who sent it has been prop