‘You’re gutting the EPA’: Scott Pruitt’s talk at Earth Day Texas met with protests
“We don’t want you here speaking,” a protestor carrying a white banner that read “Scott Pruitt” yelled. “You are part of the problem, Scott Pruitt.”
EPA: Oklahoma isn’t doing enough to protect citizens from earthquakes
The EPA has told Oklahoma officials they aren’t doing enough to protect the state’s drinking water and citizens from induced earthquakes.
AG rarely uses power to file discrimination cases
A 2011 law dissolved the Oklahoma Human Rights Commission and transferred its duties and $500,000 budget to Attorney General Scott Pruitt. Since then, he’s cut the staff in half and filed just three discrimination cases in court. His office also has not provided a report on racial profiling to the governor’s office, as required by state law.
‘We are doomed:’ Citizen EPA comments on Pruitt show depth of concern
Comments submitted to the EPA reveal deep concerns about how Attorney General Scott Pruitt would impact air, water and land if confirmed to lead the agency: “Our country cannot go back to a path of sacrificing our children and children’s futures.”
‘The general’ sided with energy industry in war with the EPA
Attorney General Scott Pruitt was favored by industry as “the general” who would lead a group of Republican attorneys general into battle over EPA regulations.
