Trump's Pick Of Pruitt For EPA Chief Signals Dismantling Of Climate Rules

December 7, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump's imminent announcement that he plans to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General (AG) Scott Pruitt (R) to head EPA is signaling the agency will work to swiftly dismantle the Obama administration's climate and other rules, prompting an outcry from environmentalists and Capitol Hill Democrats but praise from Republicans and industry. As Inside EPA first reported , Trump chose Pruitt, a Beltway outsider, to lead the agency but he has not formally announced the pick. He will name his...


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