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Donald Trump Picks GOP Oil Industry Ally, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, to Lead EPA
NBC News ^
| Dec 7 2016, 3:34 pm ET
| Emma Margolin
Posted on 12/07/2016 12:41:47 PM PST by springwater13
Donald Trump intends to select Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a senior transition official confirmed to NBC News Wednesday — the clearest sign yet the president-elect will pursue an agenda that could undue President Obama's climate change legacy.
An ally to the fossil fuel industry, Pruitt has aggressively fought against environmental regulations, becoming one of a number of attorneys general to craft a 28-state lawsuit against the Obama administration's rules to curb carbon emissions. The case is currently awaiting a decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which heard oral arguments in September.
Pruitt, who questions the impact of climate change, along with Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, penned an op-ed in the Tulsa World earlier this year that called criticism they've received "un-American."
"Healthy debate is the lifeblood of American democracy, and global warming has inspired one of the major policy debates of our time," states the op-ed. "That debate is far from settled. Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind… Dissent is not a crime."
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: climatechange; drillbabydrill; epa; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; oilindustry; palinwasright; pruitt; trump; trumpwinsagain
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To: springwater13
That popping sound you hear is liberal heads exploding the world over.
To: springwater13
We’re gonna need more duct tape.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:45:01 PM PST
by
numberonepal
(First they came for Sarah, then they came for Herman, and now they've come for Trump.)
To: springwater13
I just wait until Trump announces.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:45:02 PM PST
by
stocksthatgoup
(Where's Hillary?)
To: springwater13
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:45:43 PM PST
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: springwater13
Drill Baby Drill!
While the EPA is downsizing, and enduring Maoist style re-education and self-criticism sessions.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:47:30 PM PST
by
BeauBo
To: springwater13
To: BeauBo
Great choice. I have come to the conclusion that Rudy and Newt will be given the title of First Buds. They’ll be Trump’s Reggie, minus the gay sex.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:49:20 PM PST
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Too. Much. Winning.)
To: springwater13
ALGORE is on oxygen after hearing this. Guess they were out of CO2!
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:49:31 PM PST
by
Dick Bachert
(THE 4TH STATE HERE HAS BECOME A 5TH COLUMN. TREASON TRIALS COMING?)
To: springwater13
The Limousine Liberals of Enviroment, INC aren’t going to like seeing those fat paydays cut.
Get ready for all of the crying and wailing.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:50:28 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: BeauBo
No more EPA directives on bullet manufacturing. 👍🏻
To: CapitalistCrusader
I don’t feel no ways tired of Winning.
To: springwater13
I guess that meeting with Al Gore didn’t go so great.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:51:01 PM PST
by
BlueStateRightist
(Government is best which governs least.)
To: springwater13
“Oil industry ally” = sounds good to me.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:51:24 PM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
To: springwater13
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:51:59 PM PST
by
StAnDeliver
(Protocol: "President Trump"; subsequent references "The President" or "Pres. Trump". NO "POTUS")
To: springwater13
Sounds like the 28 state lawsuit is going to be a moot issue.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:52:36 PM PST
by
kjam22
(America need forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
To: kjam22; All
Get ready for the Mainstream Media avalanche of “Republicans RAPING THE ENVIRONMENT!!!” stories.
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:57:48 PM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: springwater13
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posted on
12/07/2016 12:58:46 PM PST
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: springwater13
Awesome pick! There are oil wells on the Capitol grounds here [im visiting my kids here] in Oklahoma! BWAAAHAAAHAAAA!
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posted on
12/07/2016 1:00:05 PM PST
by
luvie
(There is no global anthem, no global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one country, America.)
To: BeauBo
oh man...roadkill to Gore’s visit with Ivanka & Trump this week...
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