Breaking News: Trump chooses EPA critic to lead EPA
From CNN Breaking News@VERT to no-reply@siteservices.cnn.com on Wed Dec 7 16:28:25 2016
President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency[1], former campaign manager Kellyanne Conway told reporters Wednesday.
The move elevates a fierce EPA critic -- Pruitt had sued the agency over its regulations of power plants -- to the position of EPA administrator. It's a signal the Trump administration is intent on reversing President Barack Obama's moves to curb climate change.
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