Trump picks climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt to helm EPA

President-elect Donald Trump will tap Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Reuters reports. Trump’s pick is seen as a step toward gutting an agency that the president-elect threatened to eliminate during his campaign.Pruitt enjoys a cozy relationship with energy companies
Pruitt is a climate change skeptic who has a close relationship with the fossil fuel industry. In a recent editorial in the National Review, he argued that the reality of hum