07 July, 2018

Trump’s embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

Washington: US Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, one of the most scandal-plagued Cabinet officials in American history, is leaving the agency, President Donald Trump tweeted Thursday.
EPA director Scott Pruitt pictured in Rome in June 2017.
"I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," Trump said in a tweet. "Within the agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this.”


Read the story from The Age by Evan Halper - “Trump’s embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals.”

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