Pruitt met with fossil fuel reps 25 times more than environmentalists in first seven months

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Scott Pruitt, the embattled head of the Environmental Protection Agency who has touted his ability to roll back Obama-era regulations, met with industry representatives 25 times more than environmentalists during his first 7 months in office.

According to records of Pruitt's public schedule between Feb. 22 and Aug. 10, 2017, about 77 percent of Pruitt's total meetings during that period were with industries the agency regulates.

Reuters first reported the findings Friday. They were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request by the Environmental Integrity Project.

Nearly half of those industry meetings were with representatives of oil, gas, mining and coal industries. Prominent names included BP, Valero Energy Corp and Murray Energy, Reuters found.

Pruitt only met with four environmental groups during the same time period. The groups were Trout Unlimited, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the Environmental Council of the States and the Alliance to Restore Our Waterways, records showed.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/381983-pruitt-met-with-fossil-fuel-reps-25-times-more-than

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1. There is a group EWG - Environmental Working Group dogging Pruitt....

Love this one...in EWG news roundup

https://www.ewg.org/news-and-analysis/2018/04/ewg-news-roundup-46-pruitt-keeps-creating-scandals-coal-and-nuclear-plants#.Wse_u0xFwqQ


Let's add to Pruitts list of scandals....

This week, we listed Pruitt’s other set of scandals – weakening public health protections for toxic chemicals. EWG’s Scott Faber wrote:

Chemical and pesticide companies who donated to President Trump’s campaign and Republicans in Congress have certainly gotten their money’s worth. Pruitt has reversed or indefinitely postponed chemical bans, rubber-stamped new chemicals, cooked the books when assessing older chemicals, postponed chemical safety rules to protect farm and factory workers, and appointed chemical safety officials who have spent decades defending chemicals for polluters.

I have started to see commercials for Roundup lately.....yeehawww - NOT!!!!

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2. this is why don thinks he's doing a great job.

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3. Frankly I'm surprised

that the ratio isn't even more skewed toward Big Energy lobbyists.