Los Angeles Times |
After bruising battle, climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt confirmed to lead EPA
Los Angeles Times President Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a climate change skeptic who has for years been an ardent critic of the department he will now lead, got final Senate approval Friday after a prolonged assault from environmentalists. Scott Pruitt may sound reasonable on TV — but Trump’s EPA nominee is essentially a climate change denier Trump plans executive orders to scale back EPA’s climate change work, Beltway newsletter reports President* Trump vs. His Environment |