Fossil Fuels’ BFF: Scott Pruitt’s Emails Show Why Republicans Rushed Through His EPA Confirmation

On the eve of his confirmation, former Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt was ordered by an Oklahoma judge to turn over thousands of communications between his office and the fossil fuel industry. But before those records were made public, Senate Republicans rushed to narrowly confirm Pruitt to lead the EPA. Now that the more than 7,500 pages have been released, it is clear why Pruitt had been withholding his extensive correspondences with oil executives from the public for the last two years.