Lehman adds that the government should restore independence to the position of atomic
energy high commissioner, which has now become the de facto CEA scientific director,
Fact # 4: Although
Commissioner Esty, the head of Connecticut's Department of
Energy and Environmental Protection, had an ethics ruling saying that he did not have any «legal» conflict of interest; he announced that he felt, as
commissioner, he had an obligation to meet a
higher standard, that being to avoid the appearance of a conflict.