Yet to be determined—whether the Environmental Protection Agency under the control of Scott Pruitt will be slashed by 25 percent as some reports have indicated. Sounds like Pruitt himself doesn’t know for sure, telling reporters Tuesday night he plans to discuss with the White House ways to save part of his agency’s budget including state …
Catching up on reaction to President Trump’s executive order reversing the Waters of the U.S. rule. Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas was obviously happy about the move. “The Waters of the U.S. rule has created widespread uncertainty for many of the folks in the agriculture, energy, and construction sectors across our country,” said Lucas in …
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday directing the Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review a controversial 2015 Clean Water Act rule designed to protect small bodies of water from pollution, according to The Washington Times. “EPA’s so-called Waters of the U.S. rule is one of the worst …
Make it three aides to U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe who have now joined the Trump administration in energy and environmental positions. It was announced this week that Inhofe’s longtime aide Ryan Jackson had joined Scott Pruitt at the EPA to become his top staffer. Jackson left Inhofe’s office to become chief of staff at the …
One of the concerned groups wondering about the impact of an EPA under the control of former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is the Union of Concerned Scientists. Its President, Kenneth Kimmell recently told E and E’s ClimateWire he has a deep concern Pruitt’s role as EPA Administrator means the end of a strong federal …
As President Trump prepares for a major shift of the government budget to shore up what many believe is an ailing military budget, former Oklahoma Attorney General and now EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt isn’t talking details of the impact on his agency. During a question-and-answer session over the weekend at the Conservative Political Action Conference, …
Former EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman sees nothing wrong with the communications Scott Pruitt had with oil and gas companies while he was attorney general in Oklahoma. It’s what she said in an interview this week with MSNBC following the release of more than 7,000 communications turned over by the Attorney General’s office to the …
(John O’Grady) Leaders of federal workers unions weren’t impressed by Scott Pruitt’s first address on Tuesday to employees of the Environmental Protection Agency. They suggested there were unanswered questions left following Pruitt’s remarks. “He didn’t say we’re not going to shrink the agency,” said Joe Edgell, senior vice president for National Treasury Employees Union …
In his first days on the job, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has been hit with a request from automakers to reverse the decision by the Obama administration to lock in vehicle emissions standards through the next 8 years. Making the request was the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. The group wants Pruitt to reopen an official …
Scott Pruitt will have to wait and learn how his leadership and actions as the new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency are received by the thousands of EPA employees. He addressed them for the first time on Tuesday and environmentalists suggested he attempted to offer them an ‘olive branch.’ As E and E reported, …
