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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."

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...


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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1 posted on 12/07/2016 12:41:47 PM PST by springwater13
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That popping sound you hear is liberal heads exploding the world over.


2 posted on 12/07/2016 12:44:19 PM PST by CapitalistCrusader
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To: springwater13

We’re gonna need more duct tape.


3 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.)
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To: springwater13

I just wait until Trump announces.


4 posted on 12/07/2016 12:45:02 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (Where's Hillary?)
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To: springwater13

Bravo!

Bravissimo!!!


5 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.)
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To: springwater13

Drill Baby Drill!

While the EPA is downsizing, and enduring Maoist style re-education and self-criticism sessions.


6 posted on 12/07/2016 12:47:30 PM PST by BeauBo
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To: springwater13

WINNING! again.


7 posted on 12/07/2016 12:49:20 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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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.


8 posted on 12/07/2016 12:49:20 PM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Too. Much. Winning.)
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To: springwater13
ALGORE is on oxygen after hearing this. Guess they were out of CO2!

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9 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?)
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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.


10 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....)
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To: BeauBo
No more EPA directives on bullet manufacturing. 👍🏻
11 posted on 12/07/2016 12:50:35 PM PST by roostercogburn
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To: CapitalistCrusader

I don’t feel no ways tired of Winning.


12 posted on 12/07/2016 12:50:52 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: springwater13

I guess that meeting with Al Gore didn’t go so great.


13 posted on 12/07/2016 12:51:01 PM PST by BlueStateRightist (Government is best which governs least.)
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To: springwater13

“Oil industry ally” = sounds good to me.


14 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.")
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To: springwater13

MUHUHUHAHAHAHAHAAAA


15 posted on 12/07/2016 12:51:59 PM PST by StAnDeliver (Protocol: "President Trump"; subsequent references "The President" or "Pres. Trump". NO "POTUS")
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To: springwater13

Sounds like the 28 state lawsuit is going to be a moot issue.


16 posted on 12/07/2016 12:52:36 PM PST by kjam22 (America need forgiveness from God..... even if Donald Trump doesn't)
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Get ready for the Mainstream Media avalanche of “Republicans RAPING THE ENVIRONMENT!!!” stories.


17 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....)
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To: springwater13

Winning!


18 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)
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To: springwater13

Awesome pick! There are oil wells on the Capitol grounds here [im visiting my kids here] in Oklahoma! BWAAAHAAAHAAAA!


19 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.)
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To: BeauBo

oh man...roadkill to Gore’s visit with Ivanka & Trump this week...


20 posted on 12/07/2016 1:00:43 PM PST by magna carta
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