Andrew Puzder

Pruitt in, Puzder out, Acosta waiting in the wings

cmonforton | February 16, 2017

President Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was confirmed today by a Senate vote of 52-46. The former attorney general of Oklahoma has been hostile to new EPA safeguards for air and water, most notably by suing the EPA 14 times over his career. The Senate's approval of Pruitt has environmental and public health advocates wondering what the future will be for environmental protection. Maine Senator Susan Collins was the only Republican senator to oppose Pruitt's nomination: "His actions leave me with considerable doubts about whether his vision for the EPA is…

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