#BREAKING: Top Trump energy adviser resigns https://t.co/ThPbMkukGk pic.twitter.com/UFn6V3Xezk

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Michael Catanzaro, who has headed domestic energy and environment issues at the White House’s National Economic Council (NEC), plans to leave next week and return to CGCN Group, the law and lobbying firm where he previously worked.

CGCN confirmed the move Tuesday, which was first reported by Greenwire. Catanzaro has worked at the White House since February 2017.

Catanzaro was rarely the public face of the Trump administration’s policies, but he was a leading figure in the administration for carrying out Trump’s aggressive deregulatory and pro-fossil-fuel agenda.

He played a significant role in the ongoing rollback of the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan and its Clean Water Rule.

“We are thrilled to welcome Mike back to CGCN,” Steve Clark, the firm’s managing partner, said in a statement.

draining the swamp….