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 …
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Inhofe Loses Another Aide to Trump Administration
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 …
Scientists Worry About Pruitt at the Helm of the EPA
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 …
Uncertainty Ahead at EPA and Its Budget
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 Sees Nothing Wrong with Pruitt’s Communications with Oil and Gas Industry
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 …
Union Leaders Nervous About Pruitt’s Takeover at EPA
(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 …
Pruitt Asked to Reverse Obama Administration Decision on Vehicle Emissions Standards
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 …
EPA Employees Wonder About Pruitt’s Leadership
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, …
EPA Offers Glowing Description of Scott Pruitt’s New Job
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was set to hold his first meeting with EPA employees on Tuesday. It was slated to be a webcast to all employees. Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency wasted little time in creating a website for Pruitt’s new job. Here is how it appears on the EPA website: “On February 17, 2017, …
Pruitt Gives First Interview After Taking Over at EPA
Maybe Scott Pruitt won’t be as bad as environmentalists and Democrats think as he is now in charge of the direction where the Environmental Protection Agency will head in a Trump administration. In his first interview since being nominated last year, Pruitt told the Wall Street Journal’s Kimberly Strassel there is much to do hitting …