NYT: Pruitt Wanted To Remove EPA Logo From Agency Souvenir Coin
By Caitlin MacNeal | April 12, 2018 8:47 am
During his first few months as Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt proposed removing the EPAs logo of a flower from the agencys souvenir coin, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing former EPA official Ron Slotkin and two unnamed EPA officials.
Pruitt offered a few different replacements for the logo. He suggested using the image of a buffalo, a symbol of his state Oklahoma, and at one point pitched using a Bible verse on the coin, according to the New York Times. He also suggested using the Great Seal of the United States on the challenge coin, a keepsake typically given as gifts to agency employees or guests, per the Times.
These coins represent the agency, Slotkin told the New York Times. But Pruitt wanted his coin to be bigger than everyone elses and he wanted it in a way that represented him.
EPA spokesman Jahan Wilcox told the New York Times that the agency never ordered new challenge coins.
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