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December 09, 2016 · 3:15 PM EST

Analyst Peter Thomson

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Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma (c) at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Pruitt, who Donald Trump has nominated to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is a fierce critic of the EPA in general and its efforts to cut c

Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, center, appears at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference. Pruitt, who Donald Trump has nominated to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is a fierce critic of the EPA in general and its efforts to cut climate change pollution in particular.

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