AAAS CEO Rush Holt today expressed reservation regarding reports that President - elect Donald Trump plans to
select Oklahoma
Attorney General Scott Pruitt, who views human - caused climate change as unsettled, to run the
Environmental Protection Agency.
President - elect Donald J. Trump has
selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma
attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the
Environmental Protection Agency, a transition official said, signaling Mr. Trump's determination to dismantle President Obama's efforts to counter climate change.