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Scott Pruitt Sworn-In as Administrator of Environmental Protection Agency

© REUTERS / Brendan McDermidScott Pruitt Attorney General of Oklahoma arrives to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S
Scott Pruitt Attorney General of Oklahoma arrives to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S - Sputnik International
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Scott Pruitt, President Donald Trump's administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), was officially sworn-in by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Pruitt took the oath of the office on Friday evening, after the US Senate confirmed his nomination in a 52-46 vote.

Scott Pruitt Attorney General of Oklahoma arrives to meet with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City, U.S - Sputnik International
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Despite long debates and opposition by Democrats to Pruit’s nomination, two Democratic senators — Joe Manchin and Heidi Heitkamp — voted to confirm Pruitt as head of the EPA.

Pruitt, an avowed climate-change skeptic has been a vocal critic of the EPA policies and has filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the agency for imposing rules on his oil-producing state. He promised to run the agency "in a way that fosters both responsible protection of the environment and freedom for American businesses."

Of President-elect Donald Trump’s nominations, Pruitt’s is among the most controversial. Environmental groups sharply criticized Pruitt, saying his anti-EPA litigation and rejection of the scientific consensus about climate change make him unfit to serve as the agency’s administrator.

 

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