Emails Detail Pruitt's Prior Coordination With Fossil Groups On EPA Rules

February 22, 2017
Newly released emails from EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's time as Oklahoma attorney general (AG) show several examples where he or top officials in his office coordinated with fossil fuel groups to target EPA's climate and air regulations, bolstering critics' claims that the new administrator is too close with industry. The more than 7,500 documents -- released Feb. 22 by the group Center for Media and Democracy (CDM) following a state court ruling ordering the AG's office to turn them over...


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