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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMichael Bloomberg Accuses Scott Pruitt Of Abandoning The Environment 100 Percent
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/michael-bloomberg-scott-pruitt-environment_us_5ada6841e4b009869bf965f2?utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=politics_fb&utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013§ion=politicsPOLITICS 04/20/2018 08:40 pm ET
Michael Bloomberg Accuses Scott Pruitt Of Abandoning The Environment 100 Percent
To debunk science and walk away from it is ridiculous, the former mayor said.
By Mary Papenfuss
Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg lashed Scott Pruitt for failing to protect the environment in a Face the Nation interview set to air Sunday.
After Bloomberg unleashed a litany of criticism about the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, program host Margaret Brennan told him: It sounds like youre saying hes not doing the job that he should be doing.
Bloomberg responded: I dont think theres any question about that. His job is to protect the environment and he has walked away 100 percent from that, saying the environment doesnt need protection, Im going to protect jobs. Thats not his job.
He added that Pruitts policies are not good for the world. To debunk science and walk away from it is just ridiculous. Even if you dont believe it, if theres a possibility that its right, you have to take prophylactic actions to prevent a disaster.
Things are changing, said Bloomberg. You cant deny that. You have a right to your own opinions; you dont have a right to your own facts ... something is going on and we have to prepare for the worst.
Bloomberg was part of a delegation of mayors, governors, business leaders and environmental advocates who attended a United Nations summit on climate change in Bonn, Germany, last November. The delegation blasted U.S. President Donald Trumps decision last year to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement capping nations carbon emissions to battle global warming. Trump has characterized climate change as a hoax invented by the Chinese.
Pruitt is facing a growing avalanche of criticism for excessive spending and alleged conflicts of interest, among several issues. The Government Accountability Office determined early this week that Pruitts unauthorized expenditure of $43,000 on a soundproof phone booth in his office broke federal law. Reuters reported Thursday that Pruitt spent $45,000 in EPA funds to send a five-person advance team to Australia to prepare for an upcoming trip there that was later canceled.
Pruitt and the EPA have justified his pricey 20-man security detail and first-class travel as protection from death threats. The EPA yet to detail the threats and has instead pointed to criticism of Pruitt on social media.
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Michael Bloomberg Accuses Scott Pruitt Of Abandoning The Environment 100 Percent (Original Post)
babylonsister
Apr 2018
OP
He's not "abandoning" jack. He's actively taking a giant steamy dump all over it. And encouraging
Guy Whitey Corngood
Apr 2018
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Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)1. He's not "abandoning" jack. He's actively taking a giant steamy dump all over it. And encouraging
others to do so as well.
Martin Eden
(12,875 posts)5. Beat me to it.
Abandonment wouldn't be nearly as harmful.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)2. K&R
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)3. Ya think . . .
dalton99a
(81,602 posts)4. Pruitt is raping the environment to enrich himself and his buddies.
SWBTATTReg
(22,171 posts)6. Pruitt is a joke and he knows it. Nothing left to say. Nt