May 15, 2018
By Timothy Cama-
The Weekly Standard is joining numerous left-wing voices in calling on Scott Pruitt, President Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief, to resign from his post.
In an editorial published Monday, the stalwart conservative publication said Pruitt has done good work at the agency and accomplished major conservative goals, which the publication strongly supports.
But, while they blamed the mainstream media for at least some of the controversies, the editors said Pruitt has gone way too far.
“The media, and especially the New York Times and Washington Post from which other media take their cue, shared the view of rank and file EPA bureaucrats that Pruitt was ‘anti-science’ and therefore illegitimate. His deregulatory efforts, in their view, would result in environmental catastrophe,” the editors wrote.
The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is “to protect human health and the environment.” Disgraced EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt tried his best to undermine this vital mission by choosing to slash critical health protections and let corporate polluters off the hook. Now that Pruitt’s been booted, we need an EPA administrator dedicated to undoing his toxic agenda and restoring the agency to its core mission. Progress is possible and necessary – but another corporate crony or climate skeptic will not get us there.
Scott Pruitt is gone, but the fight is just beginning. We need an EPA administrator who puts our health and environment first, period. Any alternative is unacceptable.
