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Scott Pruitt

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator under President Trump. Credit: Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images

Pruitt Takes Clean Water Act Decisions Away from Regional EPA Offices

By Phil McKenna

California, where car traffic is daily challenge, worked with the Obama administration to raise emissions standards. That agreement, and the state's waiver to set it own standards, are now in jeopardy. Credit: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images

Why Weakening Fuel Efficiency Standards Could Be Trump's Most Climate-Damaging Move Yet

By John H. Cushman Jr., Marianne Lavelle

A coal truck leaves a power plant in Utah. Fossil fuel combustion in power plants and truck engines is a major producer of fine particulate matter linked to lung damage and other health problems. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

How Pruitt’s New ‘Secret Science’ Policy Could Undermine Air Pollution Rules

By Marianne Lavelle

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt meets with coal miners in Pennsylvania. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

How Pruitt's EPA Is Delaying, Weakening and Repealing Clean Air Rules

By Marianne Lavelle

Scott Pruitt, EPA administrator under President Trump. Credit: Zach Gibson/AFP/Getty Images

Trump EPA Sued Over Refusal to Release Heartland Institute Communications

By Marianne Lavelle

Coal ash ponds in North Carolina. Credit: Waterkeeper Alliance

EPA Environmental Justice Adviser Slams Pruitt's Plan to Weaken Coal Ash Rules

By Phil McKenna

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 30, 2018. Credit: CSPAN

EPA Chief Evades Senate Questions, Can't Recall Saying Trump Would Abuse Constitution

By Marianne Lavelle

Emails Reveal Pruitt Was Closely Involved in Scrubbing EPA Climate Websites

By Neela Banerjee

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, meeting here with miners in Pennsylvania, has pushed scientists off the EPA's Science Advisory Board and brought in representatives from industries the agency regulates. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

Trump Administration Deserts Science Advisory Boards Across Agencies

By Georgina Gustin

Climate Denial Pervades Trump White House, But It's Hitting Limits

By Georgina Gustin

Choke Hold Series

How Big Oil Lost Control of Its Climate Misinformation Machine

By Neela Banerjee

Pacificorp's coal-fired power plant in Castle Dale, Utah. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Starts Process for Replacing Clean Power Plan

By Georgina Gustin

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt testified before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Dec. 7, 2017. Credit: Pete Marovich/Getty Images

Congress Questions Pruitt on Industry's Growing Influence in EPA

By Georgina Gustin

Scott Pruitt. Credit: EPA

EPA Press Office Tips Toward Hostility Under Pruitt

By Georgina Gustin,   

Scott Pruitt in coal country. Credit: Justin Merriman/Getty Images

Inside the Coal War Games

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Scott Pruitt. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images

EPA Inspector General Will Investigate Pruitt's Taxpayer-Funded Travel

By Nicholas Kusnetz

Flooding in Florida. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Speaking Truth to Power on Climate Change: Why the U.S. Report Leaked

By John H. Cushman Jr.

Scott Pruitt. Credit: Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images

EPA Science Integrity Panel Says Pruitt’s Climate Denial Is Permissible

By John H. Cushman Jr.

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