Tulsa City Councilman Ben Kimbro is one of 14 persons named to the Local government Advisory Committee of the Environmental Protection Agency. The 33-member LGAC helps EPA develop strong partnerships with local governments to provide more efficient and effective environmental protection at the community, state and federal level. “EPA’s efforts to protect public health and …
Even before he was sworn in as the new administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt wanted to create an EPA office in Tulsa. He went so far as to direct staff to looking into the idea, according to U.S. House Democrats who released a letter this week. “Establishing a …
Former SpiritBank leader Albert Kelly wasn’t the only top EPA official to resign this week amidst growing ethics investigation at the agency led by former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt. And it’s clear Democrats on Capitol Hill are out for blood. So did Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta, a former Secret Service agency who was head of …
Seventeen states have banded together to file a lawsuit challenging the EPA for reversing car emissions rules. Oklahoma is not one of them. The suit was filed over the Environmental Protection Agency’s recent decision to drop clean car emissions standards for model years between 2022 and 2025. It accuses the EPA of failing to follow …
While EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt faced U.S. House members during congressional hearings Thursday, he still has the support of Oklahoma U.S. Sen. James Lankford. Pruitt’s been on a rough and stormy ride in the past several months, facing one allegations after another over the way he’s running the giant agency. The former Oklahoma Attorney General …
One congressman who sits with Oklahoma U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas on a House committee is demanding that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt be ousted. Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat from Virginia made it clear in an email recently sent to Newsweek. “Scott Pruitt is now surrounded by a historic level of scandal. This is what happens …
The U.S. Senate confirmation of lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to be number two in charge of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rang up another name linked to Oklahoma U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe. Wheeler, a lobbyist for the coal industry is also a former staffer to Inhofe. He was chief counsel for Sen. Inhofe from 1995 to …
Some of the national media won’t let up on digging up what they can about Scott Pruitt ever since he left Oklahoma as Attorney General and became Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The latest report? It focuses on Pruitt’s supposed ego in which he reportedly urged the EPA last year to redesign its memorabilia …
An email now suggests Scott Pruitt maybe did sign off on controversial pay raises for an aide he brought with him from Oklahoma when he took over the Environmental Protection Agency. It’s what The Atlantic reported this week and the email is in direct contradiction to what Pruitt, the former Oklahoma Attorney General told Fox …
How much national news coverage is Scott Pruitt getting these days over things at the EPA? Obviously, far more than he wants and ever expected to get. Just consider how Politico’s Morning Energy Report covered things last Friday: WHAT COMES NEXT? EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt fared seemingly well Thursday, at least comparatively – appearing in no …
