July 26, 2018
WASHINGTON D.C. - Acting EPA Administrator and recent coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler is under scrutiny for possibly violating the Trump administration’s ethics pledge and other ethics promises.
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July 13, 2018
The Associated Press reported this morning that EPA Chief of Staff Ryan Jackson admitted in testimony before Congress to expediting a FOIA submission at the request of a corporate polluter lobbyist. Meanwhile, Bloomberg also reported that EPA “manipulated” its handling of FOIA requests to benefit Scott Pruitt. The incident was first exposed as a result of the Sierra Club’s ongoing FOIA litigation and production, with the original emails online here.
July 13, 2018
After almost 60,000 pages of documents from Scott Pruitt’s EPA turned over to the Sierra Club via FOIA litigation, extensive media coverage on scandals those records, thousands and thousands of public comments and actions urging Pruitt’s resignation, dozens of rallies in Oklahoma and beyond, and successful engagement by the #BootPruitt coalition nationwide, Pruitt has finally resigned as EPA Administrator.
July 11, 2018
Today, Scott Pruitt’s former Deputy EPA Administrator and current Acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler addressed Washington, DC EPA employees for the first time. Among his first actions was to announce that Henry Darwin would take his old job as acting EPA Deputy Administrator. When hired by Pruitt, Darwin demanded a high-paying job for his wife at the EPA that she received.
July 9, 2018
Only one day in, acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, a coal lobbyist, is already accumulating his share of scandal and controversy as he pursues Scott Pruitt’s corrupt agenda of eliminating safeguards that protect Americans from air and water pollution.
July 5, 2018
Today, President Donald Trump tweeted that he accepted scandal plagued EPA administrator Scott Pruitt’s resignation.
July 5, 2018
New reporting from POLITICO found that Utah Governor Gary Herbert copied talking points provided by an oil and gas industry lobbyist nearly verbatim in a letter sent to the EPA requesting an exemption from safeguards that control the amount of life-threatening smog pollution in local air.
July 3, 2018
Today, Politico reported that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt placed Elizabeth Beacham White, the former treasurer of Pruitt's political action committee, in charge of an office that has been slow to release his most sensitive documents.
July 3, 2018
Yesterday, reporting by CNN, Washington Post, and the New York Times shows more corruption, and possible law breaking, from EPA administrator Scott Pruitt. Trump Administration whistleblowers indicate that Pruitt and his aides kept "secret" calendars and schedules, routinely “scrubbing them” to hide controversial meetings and calls with representatives of corporate polluters and disgraced figures like Cardinal George Pell.
June 27, 2018
Oklahoma City, OK -- Today, the Oklahoma Sierra Club rallied to “Boot Pruitt” outside of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation event in Oklahoma City where EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is hosting the event. On June 26th and 27th, Pruitt is hosting top environmental officials from North America in Oklahoma City as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, a commission created as part of the implementation of the NAFTA.
June 26, 2018
Migrant tent city sites have poisoned water.
June 25, 2018
From day one, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt has constantly put himself in hot water. But with all the bad news from the past few days, the pot Scott Pruitt is standing in isn’t just boiling, it’s boiling over.