Tag: Scott Pruitt
Pruitt emails reveal communications with ALEC and Koch groups
After Pruitt became attorney general, he stayed engaged with ALEC on energy and environmental issues.
Pruitt flings open EPA doors to anti-science conservative ideologues
Pruitt refused to recuse himself from eight ongoing lawsuits against the EPA that he helped file as Oklahoma’s top prosecutor.
5 Trump cabinet members who’ve made false statements to Congress
Attorney General Jeff Sessions isn’t alone.
The chicken and the egg
President Donnie Trump has named some doozies to his cabinet and one that stands out as threats to humane and healthy food is Scott Pruitt.
EPA administrator lied about private email usage for official business
Lying to the Senate under oath is perjury.
Why the people who grow your food are worried about Scott...
Pruitt’s approach to the EPA is likely to threaten farmworkers, who are highly exposed to the effects of climate change, including heat stress and increased pesticide use.
Thousands of emails from Oklahoma office of Trump EPA administrator Scott...
The emails shed new light on the relationship between Pruitt and the sphere of advocacy outfits and legal groups funded by Koch Industries' billionaires Charles and David Koch.
3 reasons Trump’s EPA pick can’t be trusted with climate science
This is why the man chosen to lead this agency needs to manage science responsibly so it can do its job.
Trump’s EPA pick slapped with lawsuit as hundreds demand the Senate...
Pruitt has a history of suing the EPA, is a strong supporter of federalism and has made no move to address pollution or environmental justice for his home state.
Democrats boycott committee vote on Trump’s EPA pick
“Pruitt is wholly unfit and unqualified to lead the EPA.”
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Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.
Pentagon seeks $200 billion for Iran war as costs surge and Congress pushes back
Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.
Scale raises the ceiling, but fiscal foundations determine whether autocracy or democracy prevails
The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.
The Paris Prelude: Why the US and China are moving toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
State Department purge left US exposed as Iran war sent energy prices soaring
Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.