He's a flip-flopper on climate change, a foe of endangered species protections, and the oil and gas industry has been his single largest donor over the course of his political career.
Not only is Samantha Dravis a legal ally from Scott Pruitt's fights against the EPA, but she also once worked as counsel to a group funded by the pro-polluter Koch brothers.
Congressman Mick Mulvaney has opposed spending for the EPA and Energy Department, aid for disaster victims, and repairs to the lead-contaminated drinking water supply in Flint, Michigan.
Not only did he run a conservative think tank that actively worked to undermine the EPA's mission, but Schnare also helped initiate lawsuits against the agency and used the Freedom of Information Act to target and intimidate climate scientists with whom he disagreed.
Following the refusal last year of Senate Republicans to consider President Obama’s nominee, the nomination of Judge Neil M. Gorsuch is being met with controversy.
From cutting programs that conserve soil and protect water quality to scrapping research that could help reduce the climate impact of our agriculture industry to opening treasured national forests to oil, gas, coal, and timber interests, the damage Sonny Perdue…
Congressman Zinke has championed the coal industry at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and has expressed inconsistent positions on the science of climate change.
In a 2012 presidential debate, the former Texas governor—who has accepted more than $11 million in campaign contributions from the fossil-fuel industry over the course of his political career—said he wanted to eliminate the department he’s now been selected to…
Tillerson won't commit to sticking with the Paris agreement—his nomination as chief diplomat raises the specter of foreign relations conducted in Big Oil’s—not Americans'—interest and America abandoning international climate efforts.
Fundamentally opposed to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s mission, the Oklahoma attorney general sued the EPA multiple times. He also received more than $318,000 from fossil-fuel companies since 2002.
