Klimatskeptiker väntas leda USA:s miljöskydd
Oklahomas justitieminister Scott Pruitt, en högljudd kritiker av president Barack Obamas klimatpolitik, väntas bli ny chef för USA:s miljöskyddsmyndighet EPA. Det skriver AP.
Enligt nyhetsbyråns källor har Donald Trump varit i kontakt med Pruitt, som tidigare har stöttat oljeindustrin och kritiserat EPA för att ha en ”aktivistagenda”.
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Scott Pruitt
Wikipedia (en)
E. Scott Pruitt (born May 9, 1968) is an American lawyer and Republican politician from the state of Oklahoma. He is the Oklahoma Attorney General.
Pruitt was a State Senator, representing Tulsa and Wagoner counties from 1998 until 2006. When U.S. Congressman Steve Largent decided not to seek reelection in Oklahoma's 1st congressional district, Pruitt ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination to succeed Largent against the First Lady of Oklahoma, Cathy Keating and the eventual nominee and winner, John A. Sullivan. In the 2002 election cycle, Pruitt was re-elected without opposition by his home district. Rather than seek re-election in 2006, Pruitt launched a failed campaign to receive the Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma.
On December 7, 2016, President-elect Donald Trump selected Pruitt to be his nominee as the next Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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