After being criticized for taking expensive, taxpayer-funded first class flights around the country and internationally, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said Wednesday that on his very next flight, he will be seated a…
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Delicate flower Scott Pruitt admits the real reason he takes first class
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Esteemed noble and EPA Head Scott Pruitt is not one to mix with the hoipolloi.
On Sunday, The Washington Post reported hat Pruitt had been flying first class throughout his time at the EPA and leaving the government with the bill. Pruitt defended his decision on security grounds, before pouring his heart out to New Hampshire’s WMUR On Tuesday.
The EPA administrator was at extreme risk of unpleasant “interactions” with people who take coach, Pruitt explained.
““There have been instances, unfortunately, as I’ve flown and have spent time, of interaction that’s not been the best,” Pruitt told WMUR. “So ingress and egress off the plane those are decisions all made by our detail team, by the chief of staff, by the administration… They place me on the plane where they think is best from a safety perspective.” Read more…
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Why does the EPA need a Republican opposition research firm?
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No organization has embraced Donald Trump’s war on the press like the Environmental Protection Agency. Now, the EPA has gone beyond even the president’s tough talk and into the dark world of political opposition research.
The Environmental Protection Agency has reportedly been using taxpayer money to pay a well-known research firm popular with Republicans in order to monitor — and possibly manipulate — press coverage, according to a report from Mother Jones.
The revelation adds to growing concern that the EPA, tasked with protecting public health and the environment, is now primarily operating primarily as an anti-regulation, climate change-denying campaign. Read more…
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I played ‘HQ.’ It was fun. It’ll be gone in six months.
Today, a bunch of us cool folks here played that hip new, live phone trivia game HQ. As a big trivia guy (and regular champion), I enjoyed myself. As a realist, I don’t think it’ll be around for too long.
HQ is an app that you can download on your iP…
Harrison Ford: ‘We’ve got people in charge of important sh*t who don’t believe in science’
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Harrison Ford may be Hollywood’s most entertaining grumpy, old man. His penchant for blunt real talk, especially on topics he cares about, is downright refreshing.
Such was the case on Thursday night when Ford received an award from the environmental non-profit group, Conservation International. The actor used his acceptance speech that night to dish out some pointed criticism of Donald Trump and his misfit team of climate change skeptics.
“We face an unprecedented moment in this country. Today’s greatest threat is not climate change, not pollution, not flood or fire,” Ford said (via The Hollywood Reporter). “It’s that we’ve got people in charge of important shit who don’t believe in science.” Read more…
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View More Harrison Ford: ‘We’ve got people in charge of important sh*t who don’t believe in science’Scott Pruitt just destroyed one of the EPA’s core safeguards, and we may never get it back
In an unprecedented move, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt just issued a directive that would prohibit individuals from serving on the agency’s independent scientific advisory boards if they also receive research grant…
View More Scott Pruitt just destroyed one of the EPA’s core safeguards, and we may never get it back