How Trump’s EPA could undermine environmental justice

Grist
By David KoniskyDec 9, 2016, 6:39 pm216 pts
President-elect Donald Trump on Dec. 7 nominated Scott Pruitt to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt has close ties with the fossil fuel industry and has been an ardent critic of the agency. As attorney general of Oklahoma, Pruitt has led the legal fight against many of the EPA’s signature…

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