Trump taps Oklahoma’s climate denier attorney general to head EPA

Mongabay
Dec 8, 2016, 1:40 pm99 pts
US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to head the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) under his administration. Trump, who infamously once called global warming a hoax perpetrated by China, has previously stated that he intends to withdraw the US from the Paris…

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