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Senate Panel Grills Trump’s EPA Pick Over Energy Ties
January 18, 2017
Democratic Senators quizzed Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, over his energy industry ties during a contentious confirmation hearing on Wednesday that was briefly interrupted by ...
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Interior Nominee Zinke Would Review Obama’s Limits On Oil Drilling
January 17, 2017
As a first-term congressman, Zinke pushed to end the coal-lease moratorium, saying it had resulted in closed mines and job cuts, and he introduced a bill expanding tax credits for coal-burning power plants that bury ...
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Environmental Disaster: Trump Picks Oil Industry Ally To Run EPA
December 7, 2016
Trump's choice, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, fits neatly with the Republican president-elect's promise to cut back the EPA and free up drilling and coal mining, and signals the likely rollback of much of Obama's ...
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