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Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator (cnbc.com)

Posted by msmash on from the end-of-road dept.

Scott Pruitt's polarizing tenure as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. From a report: President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday that he has accepted Pruitt's resignation. Trump said that the agency's deputy administrator, Andrew Wheeler, will become the acting head of EPA. The departure follows months of scrutiny that gathered momentum following reports that Pruitt had rented a Capitol Hill condominium linked to an energy lobbyist on favorable terms. The revelation exacerbated concerns about the high cost of Pruitt's travel and security detail and triggered a flood of allegations that Pruitt fostered a culture of workplace retaliation, wasteful spending and self-dealing at EPA. The steady flow of negative news stories prompted multiple government investigators to open several inquiries into Pruitt. His EPA now faces about a dozen probes into its spending, ethics and policy decisions. In a statement, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) said, "Good." Further reading: Judge Orders EPA To Produce Science Behind Pruitt's Climate Claims

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  1. Trump's version of swamp draining... by shilly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fill it so high that America gags, then drain it the tiniest bit and try to get everyone to ignore the stink of dried out shit around their necks.

    1. Re: Trump's version of swamp draining... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize simply for not being Bush, imagine what Trumpâ(TM)s successor will be awarded.

  2. Scott Pruitt is a cow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    You are all cows. Cows say moo. MOOOOOO! MOOOOOO! Moo cows MOOOOO! Moo say the cows. YOU ENVIRONMENTALLY PROTECTED COWS!!

  3. Womp womp by scubamage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thoughts and prayers.

  4. Prediction: by DalM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Melania is going to get the boot as a surprise twist during the fall season premier.

  5. Re:Hypocrisy, thy name is Boshevik Republican by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 5, Funny

    I clearly remember that while you didn't necessarily agree with what the GOP did, they at least believed in family and had a sense of basic decency.

    It is a true sign of how far we have come when we get nostalgic about the good ole' days of Dick Nixon.

  6. Re:Hypocrisy, thy name is Boshevik Republican by Ol+Olsoc · · Score: 5, Funny

    True, the GOP of my youth was one of unfettered freedom of economy, what's left today is unfettered kleptocracy.

    I have a dream that the Ghost of Barry Goldwater comes back and beats the entire Republican Party with the jawbone of an ass.

    --
    The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.