Six Democrats on the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chaired by Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe are going after Attorney General Scott Pruitt for his role in leading a nonprofit group that received money from an arm of the Koch brothers’ network. But they are also being called hypocrites from at least one …
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt has the support of Virginia Congressman Morgan Griffith who says the man nominated by Donald Trump to head the Environmental Protection Agency will be good for the environment and coal. Writing an op-ed piece recently in the Roanoke Times, the Republican U.S. Representative from the 9th Congressional District in …
Another concern of environmentalists over Donald Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to take over at the Environmental Protection Agency is what might happen to the EPA’s aggressive steps of controlling and regulating methane emissions in the U.S. They believe once Pruitt becomes the new Administrator of the EPA, he will target those …
While environmentalists and some Democrats continue attacking Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as Donald Trump’s choice to be the new Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, one recent story highlighted Pruitt’s efforts to assist the EPA. Pat Rizzuto at Bloomberg News wrote how Pruitt actually backed the EPA in strengthening a chemical law during …
As we approach the end of 2016 as well as the Obama administration, many wonder what 2017 and a Donald Trump administration will mean for the environment and the laws in place to protect it. Of course there is anxiety among some over Trump’s vow to kill the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, the one …
In fighting a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt and attorneys general from other states, the EPA this week took time to poke Pruitt’s nomination to be the new EPA director and also blast the other states for requesting a delay in their suit. The states asked the federal courts in Washington, D.C. …
To read what former Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says of Scott Pruitt picked to head the EPA in a Donald Trump administration gives a reader no doubt about what he thinks Pruitt. “I cannot think of a person more suited to lead the Environmental Protection Agency than Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt,” said Bush writing …
Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says it is time for change at the Environmental Protection Agency and the call for change is not an attack on the environment but a conscious decision to move away from the unlawful means used by the Obama administration to implement policies rejected by Congress and the American people. Writing …
Donald Trump supporters and environmentalists alike have a good idea of what Scott Pruitt will do as the new administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Of course, each side has a different point of view. Trump supporters believe Pruitt will remove some of what they think are unnecessary environmental regulations that strap the oil …
A report by CBS news on an EPA fracking study and drinking water chose to lead with non-scientific claims of residents who contend nearby fracking affected their drinking water in west Texas. Even though the residents admitted they had no scientific proof to document their claims. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez’s report aired Tuesday and …
