Scott Pruitt Archives

Scott Pruitt speaks in the Rose Garden at the White House after President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, June 1st, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Environment

Oil and Gas Ties Run Deep in the Trump Administration

Given the connections to the oil and gas industry within the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Interior, rollbacks to environmental protections should come as no surprise.

Jared Keller

Scott Pruitt speaks at The 2017 Concordia Annual Summit on September 19th, 2017, in New York City.

Environment

EPA Marks Seven Superfund Sites as Clean

Scott Pruitt has made Superfund site clean-up a priority, but the number of sites removed from the list in 2017 is on par with previous years.

Kate Wheeling

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt answers reporters' questions during a briefing at the White House on June 2nd, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

Environment

EPA Takes Step Toward Revising Rule on Lead in Drinking Water

The EPA has been working on potential changes to the rule for years, but pressure to revise the rule increased after the Flint water crisis.

Kate Wheeling

Environment

Democratic House Members Call on Scott Pruitt to Explain the EPA’s Use of Tax Dollars

Congressional Democrats have voiced their displeasure with the EPA with a flurry of letters recently.

Francie Diep

The Navajo Generating Station, a coal-fired power plant outside Page, Arizona.

Environment

The EPA Could Have a Hard Time Repealing the Clean Power Plan

A new rule-making process will start another lengthy battle over climate regulations.

Bob Berwyn

Environment

Scott Pruitt Announces Clean Power Plan Repeal, Declares War on Coal ‘Over’

The EPA begins the process to roll back a major Obama-era emissions rule, fulfilling one of Trump's main campaign promises.

Kate Wheeling

A sign is posted on a fence at the Dixie Oil Processors Superfund site on September 4th, 2017, in Friendswood, Texas.

News in Brief

What the Trump Administration Doesn’t Get About the EPA and Disaster Response

Reports of the agency's apparent absence from Superfund sites underscores the consequences of its withdrawal from public life.

Jared Keller

Environment

Trump’s Actions on a Recently Drafted Climate Change Report Are ‘Troubled and Opaque’

Several people involved with the study said the heat drawn by the early disclosure of the document might well have the opposite of its intended effect.

Andrew Revkin