EPA head Scott Pruitt may have broken integrity rules by denying global warming

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Well, this is a new one. 

Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is under investigation by his own agency for misstating the basic scientific consensus on human-caused global warming.  

Turns out that providing misguiding scientific information to the public isn't a cool thing to do, after all — even in the Trump administration.

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EPA administrator Scott Pruitt is fast becoming one of the most controversial of President Donald Trump's cabinet picks. He is leading the push to unravel the Obama administration's landmark climate change policies while overseeing a historic downsizing of the agency he runs.  Read more...

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April 04, 2017 at 12:18AM

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from Andrew Freedman

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