To: Brumar89 who wrote (986081 ) 12/7/2016 5:11:16 PM From: FJB Respond to Donald Trump Picks Scott Pruitt, Ally of Fossil Fuel Industry, to Lead E.P.A. nytimes.com WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency , a transition official said, signaling Mr. Trump’s determination to dismantle President Obama’s efforts to counter climate change . Mr. Pruitt, a Republican, has been a key architect of the legal battle against Mr. Obama’s climate change policies global warming as a hoax, vowed to “cancel” the Paris accord committing nearly every nation to taking action to fight climate change, and attacked Mr. Obama’s signature global warming policy, the Clean Power Plan, as a “ war on coal .”alliance with some of the nation’s top energy producers to push back against the Obama regulatory agenda, a 2014 investigation by The New York Times revealed.Clean Air Act . But it would be possible for a legally experienced E.P.A. chief to substantially weaken, delay or slowly dismantle them.28-state lawsuit against the administration’s rules. A decision on the case is pending in a federal court, but it is widely expected to advance to the Supreme Court.joined him as plaintiffs in court challenges , a departure from the usual role of the state attorney general, who traditionally sues companies to force compliance with state law.As Mr. Pruitt has sought to use legal tools to fight environmental regulations on the oil and gas companies that are a major part of his state’s economy, he has also worked with those companies. For example, the 2014 investigation by The Times found that energy lobbyists drafted letters for Mr. Pruitt to send, on state stationery, to the E.P.A., the Interior Department, the Office of Management and Budget and even President Obama, outlining the economic hardship of the environmental rules.
