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Senate Dem Vows To Confirm Climate-Denying Coal Lobbyist As EPA No. 2

"The vote, expected next week, could put Andrew Wheeler one step away from taking over the agency if embattled Administrator Scott Pruitt exits."

Source: HuffPost, 04/09/2018

In His Haste to Roll Back Rules, EPA Chief Pruitt Risks His Agenda

"As ethical questions threaten the Environmental Protection Administrator, Scott Pruitt, President Trump has defended him with a persuasive conservative argument: Mr. Pruitt is doing a great job at what he was hired to do, roll back regulations."

Source: NY Times, 04/09/2018

"AP Sources: EPA Chief Spent Millions On Security And Travel"

"Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt’s concern with his safety came at a steep cost to taxpayers as his swollen security detail blew through overtime budgets and at times diverted officers away from investigating environmental crimes."

Source: AP, 04/09/2018

Trump Defends Pruitt’s Condo Lease, Security; Says Travel Spending “OK”

"President Donald Trump defended Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s spending on personal security and his $50-a-night room lease from a lobbyist’s wife, which have prompted calls for Pruitt’s resignation and a House investigation."

Source: Bloomberg, 04/09/2018

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

"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."