Scott Pruitt Archives

Scott Pruitt’s Reign

December 27, 2018December 27, 2018 ROBERT KAHN

Brief1, conflict of interest, EPA, FOIA, Scott Pruitt, Sierra Club

A federal judge ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to produce documents demanded by the Sierra Club regarding 25 employees appointed by President Donald Trump or former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who have a history of close ties with industries regulated by EPA, industry advocacy groups, or anti-environmental politicians or political groups — relationships that raise grave concerns about conflicts of interests and the ability of polluting industries to disproportionately influence EPA policy.

Government National Politics

Former EPA Chief Pruitt Denies Getting Improper Gifts, Income

September 12, 2018September 14, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

EPA, ethics, Scott Pruitt

In a financial disclosure report released by the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday, former administrator Scott Pruitt denied that he received gifts or other financial perks while overseeing the agency.

Government National Politics

EPA Watchdog Faults Agency Over Pruitt Security Costs

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

Audit, EPA, Scott Pruitt, security

The Environmental Protection Agency failed to ducment why former administrator Scott Pruitt needed more an $3,5 million in security spending in 2017, a federal watchdog said in a report released Tuesday.

Environment Government National Politics Uncategorized

Long-Embattled, Scott Pruitt Resigns as Head of EPA

July 5, 2018July 6, 2018 DAN MCCUE

EPA, resignation, Scott Pruitt, Trump administration

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday, ending a tenure dogged by unrelenting controversies overhis spending, ethics and management at the agency.

Government Law National

EPA Told to Speed Up Investigation Into Pruitt’s Conduct at Agency

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

Donald Trump, EPA, ethics, Scott Pruitt

A federal watchdog wants the Environmental Protection Agency to pick up the pace on its investigations into Administrator Scott Pruitt’s ballooning list of ethics violations before it can recommend “corrective action” to President Donald Trump.

Environment Government Health Law

EPA Backpedals on Suspension of Farmworker Protections

June 14, 2018June 15, 2018 MATTHEW RENDA

EPA, farming, pesticides, regulation, safety, Scott Pruitt

The Environmental Protection Agency backed off the temporary suspension of federal requirements aimed at protecting farm workers on Thursday, following a lawsuit filed by three states two weeks ago.

Environment Government Law

EPA, Pruitt Sued for Failure to Control Air Pollution

June 14, 2018June 15, 2018 MARTIN MACIAS JR

EPA, pollution, Scott Pruitt

Despite evidence that high levels of sulfur dioxide pollution in cities could damage human health, U.S Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has failed to perform duties to ensure areas through the country have pollution curbing measures in place, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday.

Courts Environment Government Law

Federal Judge Orders EPA to Address Concerns of Polluted Air

June 13, 2018June 14, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

EPA, Maryland, pollution, Scott Pruitt

The time for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to begin regulating downwind pollution drifting into Maryland from over 30 electric plants in the surrounding region has come, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Environment Government

Scott Pruitt

June 12, 2018June 12, 2018 ROBERT KAHN

Brief, EPA, FOIA, pollution, Scott Pruitt

The Sierra Club sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for denying its requests for schedules and records of communications between Administrator Scott Pruitt and leaders of polluting industries he regulates, in a federal FOIA complaint.

Environment Government

Salmon

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 ROBERT KAHN

Brief, EPA, fish, Idaho, salmon, Scott Pruitt

Idaho Power Company brought a federal complaint against Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, claiming he has no right to interfere in Idaho’s site-specific water temperature standards for salmon spawning in Idaho Power’s Hells Canyon complex.

Government National Politics

House Democrats Call for FBI Investigation of Pruitt

June 8, 2018June 8, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

Democrats, EPA, FBI, Scott Pruitt

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s mounting ethics violations call for a criminal investigation led by the FBI and the Department of Justice, House Democrats said on Friday.

Government National Politics

Pruitt Exodus Continues as Legal Counsel Steps Down

June 7, 2018June 8, 2018 DAN MCCUE

EPA, resignation, Scott Pruitt

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt’s top legal counsel resigned Thursday, making her the second top officials to resign from the agency in the past two days.

Government National Politics Uncategorized

Top Pruitt Aide at EPA Abruptly Resigns Amid Scandals

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 DAN MCCUE

EPA, resignation, Scott Pruitt

A senior aide entangled in the multiple scandals dogging Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt abruptly resigned Wednesday, two days after she told lawmakers she once called a Trump Hotel on behalf of her boss, seeking use of a used mattress.

Environment Government National Politics

Court Asked to Compel Pruitt Testimony on EPA Records Practices

June 5, 2018June 6, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

EPA, FOIA, Scott Pruitt

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – In his first year at the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt has exhibited

Government Law Politics

Lobbyist Tied to EPA Chief’s Condo Tried to Influence Agency

June 1, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

corruption, EPA, Scott Pruitt

Newly filed reports show the Washington lobbyist whose wife rented a bargain-priced Capitol Hill condo to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt had far more contact with the agency than previously disclosed, despite repeated denials by both men.

Environment Government International Politics

Ex-Chemical Industry Lawyer to Lead Superfund Task Force

June 1, 2018June 4, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

EPA, Scott Pruitt, superfund

A lawyer tapped to lead a task force at the Environmental Protection Agency overseeing cleanups at the nation’s most polluted places worked until recently for a top chemical and plastics manufacturer with a troubled legacy of creating some of those toxic sites.

Energy Environment Government

Judge Brings EPA to Fore on Climate Change Position

June 1, 2018 BRITAIN EAKIN

Climate change, EPA, FOIA, fossil fuel, Scott Pruitt

The Environmental Protection Agency faced a federal judge’s rebuke Friday for refusing to disclose records on which its chief relied when he said that human activity doesn’t drive climate change.

Government National Politics

Emails Show Collaboration Among EPA, Climate-Change Deniers

May 25, 2018May 29, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS

Climate change, Emails, EPA, Scott Pruitt

Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt’s stewardship of the agency.

Environment Government National Politics

EPA Bars News Organizations From Summit on Contaminants

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 BRAD KUTNER

CNN, EPA, Journalism, public access, Scott Pruitt

The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday barred the Associated Press, CNN and the environmental-focused news organization E&E from a national summit on harmful water contaminants.

Environment Government National Politics

Democratic Senators Tear Into Pruitt, Call Him a ‘Laughing Stock’

May 16, 2018May 16, 2018 BRANDI BUCHMAN

EPA, Scott Pruitt, U.S. Senate

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was met with ridicule, intense questioning and even a handful of silent protesters on Capitol Hill Wednesday, as lawmakers pressed for answers on multiple ethics investigations currently plaguing him.

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