scott pruitt
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EPA IG: Pruitt’s resignation left ethics probes inconclusive
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WASHINGTON – The internal watchdog at the Environmental Protection Agency has closed two probes into the conduct of former Administrator Scott Pruitt as inconclusive because investigators were unable to interview him before he resigned. EPA Acting Inspector General Charles Sheehan said in a report sent to Congress this week that Pruitt’s departure left his investigators…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Pruitt’s political future uncertain back home in Oklahoma
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Oklahoma Pruitt’s political future uncertain back home OKLAHOMA CITY – Scott Pruitt’s tenure as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency ended with his resignation, but political experts in his home state of Oklahoma say he could continue his career in public office. The path could lead him back to Washington. Pruitt, a former Oklahoma…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’
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Montana Bullock tells Montana contractors to report ‘dark money’ spending HELENA, Montana – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed a first-of-its-kind executive order last week to require many state government contractors to report their political contributions, even those to so-called “dark money” groups that don’t have to disclose donors under federal law. Bullock said the measure…
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Pruitt to conservatives in Denver: EPA is no longer a ‘bastion of liberalism’
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, spoke to a friendly crowd Friday night at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, touting President Donald Trump’s accomplishments in reversing environmental regulations imposed by the previous Obama administration. We are living in transformational times, Pruitt told the audience: “God places responsibility on us to…
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AG Sessions, Gardner take center stage at Denver conservative summit
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions came to Denver to talk about President Barack Obama, not President Donald Trump, it seemed Friday as he took center stage at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver. He spoke of the corrections the Trump administration had made, especially on religious liberty and Obama’s signature achievement, the Affordable Care Act.…
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Trump delivers a shout-out to Gardner’s pot bill
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Talking to reporters Friday, President Donald Trump said he “probably” will back legislation on states’ rights and marijuana introduced by Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Thursday. Inaudibly in a Fox News clip, a reporter calls out to Trump, evidently asking a question about the measure. He responded, “I really do, I support Sen. Gardner.…
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Republicans are giddy for Western Conservative Summit (and so are Democrats)
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Chief organizer Jeff Hunt says he hasn’t seen this much excitement around the Western Conservative Summit since Donald Trump and Sarah Palin came to Denver for the 2016 gathering. This year’s summit – the largest gathering of conservatives outside the nation’s capital Beltway – runs Friday and Saturday at the Colorado Convention Center. Each year…
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EPA’s Pruitt to speak in Denver this weekend
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Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will speak in Denver this weekend, organizers of the Western Conservative Summit said Tuesday morning. Pruitt and Attorney Jeff Sessions, who was previously announced, will speak Friday night at the ticketed conclave of conservative activists and operatives at the Colorado Convention Center. “2018 will see…
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DeGette questions EPA chief Scott Pruitt’s ethics and honesty
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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver is one of four top congressional Democrats who signed a letter calling on EPA Secretary Scott Pruitt to account for his ties to a lobbyist and his truthfulness about his ethics. “Despite your earlier claims that J. Steven Hart had no clients with business before EPA, it is now…
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Denver’s ozone pollution prompts environmental policy concerns
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – An Environmental Protection Agency announcement Tuesday declaring Denver to be out of compliance with federal ozone standards is being used by some Colorado political leaders and environmentalists to criticize the Trump administration. The designation means Colorado officials must put together a plan to explain how they will meet federal air quality standards.…
