Showing posts with label Pruitt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pruitt. Show all posts

Monday, April 18, 2022

Scott Pruitt, Trump’s scandal-ridden environment chief, to run for US Senate

He also faced ethics investigations into pricey trips with first-class airline seats and unusual security spending, including a $43,000 soundproof booth for making private phone calls.


Monday, December 9, 2019

EPA didn't conduct required analyses of truck engine rule: internal watchdog | TheHill

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) did not conduct required analyses for a proposed repeal of an Obama-era rule, an internal government watchdog has found. The EPA's inspector general's office said in a report issued Thursday that then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt directed the Office of Air and Radiation to develop the proposed rule "without conducting the analyses required" by executive orders.....
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/473243-epa-didnt-conduct-required-analyses-of-truck-engine-rule-internal

Friday, May 31, 2019

Trump appointees overruled EPA experts on pollution requirements for Foxconn site: report - The Hill

Political appointees at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reportedly convinced then-EPA administrator Scott Pruitt to reverse course on declaring a Wisconsin county in violation of federal smog standards, which allowed Foxconn to build a facility in the area without new anti-pollution technologies.
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/445748-trump-appointees-overruled-epa-experts-on-pollution-requirements

Monday, July 23, 2018

EPA staff worried about toxic chemical exposure — for Pruitt - POLITICO

"You can add 'EPA chemical safety science' to the list of taxpayer funded benefits that Scott Pruitt kept for himself. The irony would be comical if this wasn't so dangerous. Months before Scott Pruitt blocked the EPA's report on the dangers of formaldehyde to public health, he got the benefit of EPA's safety experts looking out for his own health," Evers said in a statement.....
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/19/scott-pruitt-formaldehyde-epa-698084

Saturday, June 2, 2018

EPA prepares to ditch clean car rules over objections of their own scientists - Daily Kos

On Thursday the EPA formally started the process of rolling back CAFE standards, erasing all intended progress over the next decade. It's an action that US car companies are celebrating for the immediate gain to their bottom line as they can drop the research and design effort needed to improve mileage and concentrate on selling larger vehicles. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1768532







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