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Scott Pruitt
white house
June 24, 2019
What We Learned From Leaked Trump Transition Vetting Documents
Many would-be appointees had “red flags,” but they were hired anyway.
By
Adam K. Raymond
politics
June 24, 2019
Even the Trump Transition Team Knew Some Appointees Were Bad Hires: Report
In newly obtained documents, the Trump transition team flagged some candidates as worrisome for the exact reason they were eventually let go.
By
Matt Stieb
conflicts of interest
May 2, 2019
Trump’s Nominee for U.N. Ambassador Kelly Craft Has Billion-Dollar Ties to Coal
Craft once expressed climate denialism and her husband is a coal baron. She may soon represent the U.S. at the key venue for combating climate change.
By
Matt Stieb
July 27, 2018
New EPA Chief Worries Trump’s Pro-Car-Pollution Plan Is Illegal
But other administration officials believe the plan is legal — because Brett Kavanaugh will say that it is, when the issue reaches the Supreme Court.
By
Eric Levitz
July 13, 2018
Auditor: Tom Price Owes Government $341,000 for Unauthorized Travel Expenses
It’s amazing how much Price spent on travel that accomplished nothing of great note during just seven months in office.
By
Ed Kilgore
July 6, 2018
The EPA Is Hiding Proof That a Widely Used Chemical Causes Leukemia: Report
Trump appointees are (reportedly) refusing to release a blockbuster EPA report — because industry lobbyists asked them not to.
By
Eric Levitz
July 6, 2018
Scott Pruitt Shows Loyalty to Trump Protects You — But Only for So Long
The EPA chief’s bond with the president let him hang on far longer than he should have. But ultimately, Trump is only loyal to himself.
By
Margaret Hartmann
July 5, 2018
Scandalous EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Finally Resigns
Pruitt heads off to the Scandal-Ridden Cabinet Members Hall of Fame, without so much as a moment’s acknowledgement of his misdeeds from the president.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
July 3, 2018
Why Hasn’t Trump Fired Scott Pruitt? Because Pruitt Can Fire Robert Mueller.
The EPA administrator pitches President Trump on a sinister plan to quash the Russia investigation.
By
Jonathan Chait
drain the swamp
June 24, 2018
Scott Pruitt’s Lobbyist Landlord Tried to Get EPA Job for Friend
Newly released emails reveal Vicki and J. Stephen Hart’s correspondence with, and requests of, Pruitt and his chief of staff.
By
Chas Danner
June 22, 2018
Trump Dumps Obama Effort to Prevent Oil Spills
Both the business and “populist” wings of the GOP support Trump’s heavy tilt toward oil and gas at the expense of the environment.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 22, 2018
Natural Gas Is Hurting the Climate More Than We Thought
Scott Pruitt tried to suppress research on methane emissions at gas plants. A new study reveals that he had good reason to fear the truth.
By
Eric Levitz
June 22, 2018
Scott Pruitt Has His Own Email Problem Now
The EPA claims that the administrator sent only one email from his official account in his first ten months on the job.
By
Adam K. Raymond
June 15, 2018
It’s Time for Your Daily Scott Pruitt Scandal Report
Today, the EPA administrator is under fire for using staffers to help his daughter get into college and using his position to get Rose Bowl tickets.
By
Adam K. Raymond
June 13, 2018
Some of Pruitt’s Allies Are Starting to Turn on Him
The ongoing ethical disaster that is EPA administrator Scott Pruitt may finally be running out of luck.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 13, 2018
WaPo
: Scott Pruitt Had an Aide Ask Donors to Find His Wife a Job
The EPA administrator’s latest scandal may run afoul of federal ethics rules.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the national interest
June 11, 2018
How Trump Could Get Scott Pruitt to Fire Robert Mueller
Deep in a New York
Times
story on palace intrigue lies a key revelation of a potential republic-shaking plot.
By
Jonathan Chait
June 7, 2018
Scott Pruitt Was Told to Stop Eating at the White House Mess So Often
The EPA administrator was reportedly so fond of the well-priced White House mess that he had to be told to stay away.
By
Adam K. Raymond
June 5, 2018
Pruitt Used Position and Staff to Pursue a Chick-fil-A Franchise for His Wife
The EPA administrator is building an amazing record of abusing public resources for private gain and comfort.
By
Ed Kilgore
June 2, 2018
Scott Pruitt’s Front Row Seat to a Coal Baron’s Generosity
When it comes to simultaneous ethics scandals, the EPA director is headed for the hall of fame.
By
Benjamin Hart
May 22, 2018
AP Reporter Forcibly Removed by Guard After Being Barred From EPA Meeting
After publishing an account of her treatment, she was allowed back into the meeting.
By
Benjamin Hart
May 8, 2018
Report: Pruitt Fast-tracks Superfund Cleanup After Hugh Hewitt–Brokered Sit-down
Just another totally aboveboard move from the EPA administrator.
By
Benjamin Hart
May 2, 2018
California’s Governor Calls EPA Chief ‘Outlaw Pruitt’
Jerry Brown intensifies his war of words — and lawsuits — with the Trump administration.
By
Ed Kilgore
Apr. 27, 2018
Scott Pruitt Faces Yet Another Investigation
It’s getting harder and harder to keep them straight.
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 24, 2018
GOP Leader: Pruitt Has Some Explaining to Do
As Republican support for the EPA director wanes, Scott Pruitt takes out his frustration on environmental science.
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 21, 2018
Lobbyist Who Rented Pruitt Cut-Rate Room Also Had Business Before the EPA
Can Pruitt survive his 75th ethical scandal in a month?
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 12, 2018
Pro-Trump EPA Official: Pruitt Asked Us to Rent Him a Private Plane
New testimony that Scott Pruitt is far more corrupt than previously understood.
By
Eric Levitz
Apr. 11, 2018
That EPA Seal Scott Pruitt Hates? He Can Blame Neil Gorsuch’s Mother.
When she ran the agency under Reagan, she went out of her way to save a dated logo from extinction.
By
Christopher Bonanos
Apr. 11, 2018
13 Threats to EPA Chief Scott Pruitt
Including: “I am considering dumping the old paint I just scraped off of my home outside your office door.”
By
Adam K. Raymond
Apr. 9, 2018
Scott Pruitt’s Problems Aren’t Going Away
A new report contradicts the EPA administrator’s story about pay raises.
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 8, 2018
Trump Doubles Down on Pruitt, For Now
And the hotel and real estate mogul may not actually understand what “market rate” means.
By
Chas Danner
Apr. 6, 2018
After Pruitt Overstayed His Lease, Lobbyist Landlords Changed Locks
A bad week gets a little more embarrassing for the embattled EPA administrator.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Apr. 5, 2018
Trump Unsure If Pruitt Is Too Corrupt for EPA – Or Just Corrupt Enough to Be AG
Despite the EPA director’s scandals, Trump floated firing Jeff Sessions and making Pruitt attorney general just this week.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Apr. 5, 2018
Scott Pruitt’s Scandals Won’t Stop Coming, and Trump Might Actually Fire Him
The most corrupt Trump Cabinet secretary also happens to be very good at letting fossil-fuel companies pollute the environment.
By
Jonathan Chait
Apr. 3, 2018
Pruitt Tries to Ruin the Planet Before Getting Fired
It was a busy day on many fronts for the embattled EPA administrator.
By
Benjamin Hart
Apr. 3, 2018
Trump’s EPA Declares War on California’s Fuel-Efficiency and Emissions Standards
The battle between the Trump administration and the state of California expands to public land sales and an old fight over fuel-economy goals.
By
Ed Kilgore
draining the swamp
Apr. 3, 2018
EPA Mulled Leasing a Private Jet, and Other Scandalous Scott Pruitt Revelations
With a flurry of new reports on his ethically questionable behavior, the EPA chief may be pulling ahead in the race to see who Trump fires next.
By
Margaret Hartmann
Mar. 30, 2018
The EPA Is Set to Roll Back Vehicle Emissions Standards
The Trump administration is looking out for the auto industry.
By
Adam K. Raymond
Mar. 30, 2018
EPA Chief Got Sweetheart Deal From Lobbyist Landlord
Scott Pruitt has been renting a one-bedroom luxury condo in prime D.C. for $50 a night (a sum he doesn’t have to pay on nights he’s out of town).
By
Eric Levitz
Mar. 28, 2018
The EPA Is Instructing Its Staff to Cast Doubt on Climate Science
A leaked memo asks officials to say that there are “clear gaps” in “our understanding of the role of human activity” in climate change.
By
Eric Levitz
the national interest
Mar. 2, 2018
Trump’s Climate Science-Disputing EPA Head Also Disputes Evolution
The good news is that Scott Pruitt doesn’t only hate scientific theories that are bad for oil companies.
By
Jonathan Chait
Feb. 26, 2018
Scott Pruitt Thinks Limited Government Is Divine
In an interview, Pruitt doesn’t say he thinks God wants us to despoil the earth, but he does think God hates Big Government.
By
Ed Kilgore
Feb. 14, 2018
Pruitt Flies First Class to Avoid Dealing With the Riffraff in Coach
The EPA administrator not only thinks like an oil exec: he travels like one.
By
Ed Kilgore
the national interest
Feb. 7, 2018
Trump’s EPA Director Says Climate Change Will Be Good for Us
Some like it hot. Unfortunately, one of them runs the EPA.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 26, 2018
Trump Promised to Ignore Climate Change But Have Clean Air. He Lied.
Trump: “My administration wants to work with members in both parties … to promote clean air.” He’s doing the opposite.
By
Jonathan Chait
the national interest
Jan. 9, 2018
Why Conservatives Outsourced Environmental Policy to Lobbyists and Kooks
A revealingly credulous profile in conservatism’s flagship magazine.
By
Jonathan Chait
Dec. 28, 2017
The EPA Wanted to Delay New Lead-Paint Rules for 6 More Years. A Court Said No.
After dragging its feet under Obama and Trump, the EPA now has 90 days to write stricter standards for what constitutes a “dangerous” level of lead.
By
Eric Levitz
Dec. 22, 2017
The EPA Is Driving Away Scientists and That’s Just What Trump Wants
More than 700 EPA employees, 200 of whom are scientists, have left the agency since Trump took office.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the environment
Dec. 10, 2017
Report: Trump Administration EPA Going Soft on Polluters
Maybe people who hate the EPA shouldn’t run the EPA.
By
Chas Danner
Oct. 23, 2017
EPA Prevents Scientists From Speaking About Climate Change at Conference
EPA head Scott Pruitt is a climate change skeptic.
By
Caroline Bankoff
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