Scott Pruitt, the most controversial EPA Director ever, so far/RNN

We believe that governments of all types--local, state, federal, set the playing field for our success in quickly migrating--or not--to a cleaner, brighter future.  Scott Pruit's run was fraught with many personal and professional setbacks.

We look forward to a new beginning in Washington, and better days ahead.

What were you doing the day after the 4th of July? Well, we can tell you what Scott Pruitt was doing- resigning. There is no question that his legacy will be remembered as one filled with conflicts of interests, scandals and of course odd behavior, such as the time he purchased his very own cone of silence phone booth for $43,000.00. If you look at the long list of bizarre behavior and poor decision making, you really start to wonder how this man ever got to where he was. The question now is where do we go from here?

RNN is a non-political source for information and news and we have never reported on Pruitt’s unacceptable behavior in the past, the one story we did follow and were very concerned about was Alaska’s Bristol Bay which jeopardize possibly the world’s greatest resource of sockeye salmon for the interest of big mining. In this case, Pruitt did the right thing by putting the brakes on those supporting mining in the area, but this should never rose to even be an issue. If it weren’t for the excellent coverage by almost every media outlet imaginable we feel Pruitt would have put the interest of the mining industry first and the world may have lost an irreplaceable natural resource. Pruitt’s dismantlement of the Clean Power Plan indicates that the EPA, under his rule, was not a friend to clean energy.

So where do we go from here? On the same day as Pruitt announced his resignation, President Trump tweeted out his replacement, Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who worked for Murray Energy. The New York Times and others have suggested that Wheeler may be particularly effective at dismantling regulations, as he keeps a lower profile and is unlikely to become embroiled in the personal scandals that his former boss had a penchant for.

One thing that we can see with the tenure of Director Pruitt, is that both those who work within government and those it’s meant to serve held him accountable and this is something that we’re sure the new EPA Director, Andrew Wheeler will also experience and rightfully so.