Embattled EPA Chief Pruitt, Involved In Shady 2011 Real Estate Deal
"As Oklahoma attorney general, Pruitt made $70,000 flipping a Tulsa property under questionable circumstances".
Source: Salon, 04/06/2018
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"Scott Pruitt’s Job In Jeopardy Amid Expanding Ethics Issues"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt fought for his job Thursday, facing a new barrage of allegations about issues ranging from his past housing arrangement and first-class travel to the reassignment of senior staff who criticized how he was spending taxpayer funds."
Source: Washington Post, 04/06/2018
"Trump Praises Pruitt For 'Fantastic Job' Amid Ethics Scandals"
"President Donald Trump on Thursday praised the “fantastic job” done by Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, expressing support for Cabinet secretary mired in deepening ethics scandals."
Source: Politico, 04/06/2018
Growing Crisis Threatens EPA Chief Pruitt as Top Aides Eye the Exits
"A spreading crisis has threatened to engulf Scott Pruitt, the chief of the Environmental Protection Agency, who until recently ranked among the stars of the Trump administration."
Source: NY Times, 04/06/2018
"E.P.A. Officials Sidelined After Questioning Scott Pruitt"
"At least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, four of them high-ranking, were reassigned or demoted, or requested new jobs in the past year after they raised concerns about the spending and management of the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt."
Source: NY Times, 04/06/2018
"U.S. Ethanol Groups Bristle As EPA Frees Refiners From Biofuels Law"
"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved the request of 25 small refineries to be exempted from the nation’s biofuels laws, an agency source said on Wednesday, marking a big increase from previous years and triggering an outcry from farm groups worried the move will hurt ethanol demand."
Source: Reuters, 04/05/2018
After Leaving Hill Rental, Pruitt Had No Fixed D.C. Address For A Month
"After moving out of the Capitol Hill condo apartment he rented for $50 a night last summer, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to not have maintained a Washington residence for a month, instead traveling extensively for work and remaining for weeks at his Tulsa home."
Source: Washington Post, 04/05/2018
"Obama Methane Standards Sidelined, Yet Again"
"Obama-era restrictions on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are once again sidelined after a federal court today agreed to freeze implementation."
Source: E&E News PM, 04/05/2018
"Pruitt Taps Conservative News Outlets To Assail His Critics"
"U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt pushed back on ethics allegations swirling around his rent of a lobbyist-linked condo last year. In interviews with conservative-leaning news outlets, the EPA chief said he was being targeted for his success in implementing President Trump's agenda of rolling back environmental regulations... ."
Source: Greenwire, 04/05/2018
"White House Says Trump Not OK With Pruitt's Apartment Deal"
"President Donald Trump is not OK with the deal Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt received to rent a room in Washington from the family of an energy lobbyist, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Wednesday."
Source: CNN, 04/05/2018
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