Scott Pruitt, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, has announced that he alone will decide what is and isn’t acceptable science for the agency to use when developing policies that affect your health and the environment.
The gold-plated spending by Trump Cabinet members needs to stop.
Last week came word that Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, spent more than $120,000 in public funds last summer for a trip to Italy, with almost $90,000 for food, hotels, commercial airfare and a military jet used by Pruitt and nine EPA staff.
I’m now retired and need the air quality tracking I helped launch at EPA. But Donald Trump and Scott Pruitt are protecting special interests instead of our health.
Back in February, we learned that Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt had racked up thousands of dollars in business and first-class airfare because flying coach posed too much of a security risk.
The travel costs for Scott Pruitt’s round-the-clock security detail exceeded $30,000 during the Environmental Protection Agency administrator’s trip to Italy in June, according to documents released by the agency.