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Tanuki

(14,914 posts)
Tue Jan 17, 2017, 06:54 PM Jan 2017

TN Scientists urge Alexander and Corker to reject Trump's EPA nominee

You don't have to be a scientist to do the same! Please let them hear from you if you haven't already....the committee hearing is tomorrow (Wednesday).

http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/politics/state/story/2017/jan/17/tennessee-scientists-urge-corker-alexander-oppose-trumps-epa-pick/407976/

...."Pruitt has fought EPA regulations during Barack Obama's presidency, most recently by leading Oklahoma's involvement in a 28-state lawsuit against the agency over Obama's Clean Power Plan. Critics also point to his relationship with key players in fossil fuel industries as a conflict of interest for service as the EPA's top official.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning 2014 New York Times article revealed a deep collaboration between Pruitt and energy company leaders and lawyers frustrated by what they perceived as overreaching federal guidelines from agencies like the EPA.".....

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