05-10-2018, 03:52 AM
Scott Pruitt is the swamp
1) He is in the process of repealing 66 public safety and health regulations and in no single case has he even heard his own staff involved in the writing in any of them, work that usually takes a decade and involves rigorous science and data gathering. This is why some 700 EPA staff have resigned already.
2) Instead, the only people he listens to are industry people, lobbyists and party donors (why do you think he has installed a sound proof phone booth at his EPA office?) This is deregulation a la carte for industry, by industry, bypassing the whole science based EPA system that meticulously assesses the rules and the health and safety hazards.
3) The fact that Pruitt is involved in multiple scandals (it's hard to keep up, there are 11 different investigations in these already) is actually a bit of an unfortunate side show. The main issue is that he lets industry deregulate itself, damning all the science, and putting the environment and people in danger.
1) He is in the process of repealing 66 public safety and health regulations and in no single case has he even heard his own staff involved in the writing in any of them, work that usually takes a decade and involves rigorous science and data gathering. This is why some 700 EPA staff have resigned already.
2) Instead, the only people he listens to are industry people, lobbyists and party donors (why do you think he has installed a sound proof phone booth at his EPA office?) This is deregulation a la carte for industry, by industry, bypassing the whole science based EPA system that meticulously assesses the rules and the health and safety hazards.
3) The fact that Pruitt is involved in multiple scandals (it's hard to keep up, there are 11 different investigations in these already) is actually a bit of an unfortunate side show. The main issue is that he lets industry deregulate itself, damning all the science, and putting the environment and people in danger.