Reuters: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head EPA
It’s another far-right choice, in this case a climate denier.
Click here for reuse options!Pruitt, who met with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Nov. 28, has used his current position to try to block some of the EPA’s most important air-quality rules.
On his own LinkedIn page, he boasts that he “led the charge with repeated notices and subsequent lawsuits against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for their [sic] leadership’s activist agenda.”
Since becoming Oklahoma’s top legal officer in 2011, Pruitt has sued the EPA to stop vital protections for public health – including standards for reducing soot and smog pollution that crosses interstate lines; protections against emissions of mercury, arsenic, acid gases and other toxic pollutants from power plants; and standards to improve air quality in national parks and wilderness areas. Each time he failed…
Not surprisingly, Pruitt has also questioned “the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.”
He claims, falsely, that the climate “debate is far from settled” and that “scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” A vast majority of scientists, of course, agree that climate change is happening, and that it’s due to human activities.
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6 responses to Reuters: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head EPA
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oldfart December 7th, 2016 at 14:15
“in this case a climate denier.”
And an earthquake denier too.
amersham1046 December 7th, 2016 at 14:23
Fracking is good for you–
Oklahoma has had–
15 earthquakes in the past 7 days
86 earthquakes in the past 30 days
1,952 earthquakes in the past 365 days–
source USGS
anothertoothpick December 7th, 2016 at 15:28
The repubs paved the way for Democrats.
Obstruction, obstruction obstruction.
Filibuster filibuster filibuster.
I fully expect ZERO Dems to vote for the confirmation of this guy
Or any of pumpkin heads nomination.
Don’t let pumpkin head ever get comfy. make his life as miserable as they made it for Obama.
Foundryman December 7th, 2016 at 21:30
Apparently all the Dems can do is run out the committee time to send the nominee to the full senate to be confirmed. Just delay, but unable to stop. Once the time is run out, they go to the full senate anyway to be confirmed.
labman57 December 7th, 2016 at 20:28
If Trump does not believe that it is important for the federal government to help protect the environment, then he should man-up and move to have the EPA eliminated.
But if he does believe that environmental protection is a legitimate concern, then he should choose an EPA chief who actually respects the environment.
Charlie Seivard December 7th, 2016 at 22:18
Ignorance reigns.