Scott Pruitt's year of environmental destruction

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Scott Pruitt's year of environmental destruction
By Ana Unruh Cohen, opinion contributor — 12/06/17 04:37 PM EST


When the polluters say “Jump!” Scott Pruitt asks, “How high?

As the head of the Environmental Protection Agency nears the end of his first year in office, he’s amassed a stunning record of powwows with corporate chiefs, ideological groups, and conservative public officials.

And he’s doing his darndest to roll back almost any public health and environmental protection he apparently finds troublesome — clean air, water, land and environmental safeguards that have taken years, even decades to build up. And no rollback, rescission or repeal is off limits.

On Thursday, Pruitt’s testifying on Capitol Hill before a House panel. Here’s a question for him: When will you take even one decisive step to increase protections for our health and the environment we depend on?

The fact is, Pruitt — who made his career suing EPA to stop it from doing its job before he took the helm — has overseen a historic year of environmental destruction.

Or we might say, “attempted destruction,” because many Pruitt moves have already been challenged in court, he’s lost some cases, reversed course in others and is sure to face further litigation when he finalizes rollback plans.

By any measure, though, industry is calling his shots.

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[Stuart G]

1. I like this line...."By any measure, though, industry is calling his shots".

Thank You, babylonsister.. for posting this article..