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Defending Scott Pruitt from Scurrilous Journalists and Politicians

By E. Calvin Beisner, Ph.D.Last year, the Cornwall Alliance produced an open letter supporting Scott Pruitt’s nomination to become EPA Administrator. We rested our judgment on the facts that   As Oklahoma Attorney General Pruitt had demonstrated his legal expertise in successful litigation to require corporations—including the energy corporations so prominent in his state’s economy—to…

Taming the EPA Regulatory Hydra (Part II)

Part I recommended that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) be reorganized into a five-person commission. The primary reason is to dilute the massive regulatory powers of the Administrator which are clearly visible by the fact that the agency is responsible for twenty-five percent of all federal regulations. Moreover, these regulations impose over fifty percent…

EPA head must ignore the flak and continue to drop more bombs

Shortly after Scott Pruitt was confirmed as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), disgruntled EPA bureaucrats began leaking what they said were Pruitt’s personal abuses of money, rules, and regulations. Naturally, it caused a firestorm in the press and among liberals. With investigations by the EPA inspector general, the White House Office of Management…

Multilateral anti-Development Banks

USA finances prolonged poverty, misery, disease, and death through international banks  “Foreign Operations” appropriation bills now working their way through Congress supposedly provide funding to “advance U.S. diplomatic priorities overseas,” “increase global security,” and continue “life-saving global health and humanitarian assistance programs for the world’s most vulnerable populations.”   The bills include handsome funding for…

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Resigns

Cornwall Alliance Statement on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s ResignationOn July 5, President Donald Trump announced the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. The Cornwall Alliance was pleased to support Mr. Pruitt’s nomination in 2017, and we have valued his service to the American people since then. He has brought to the EPA, which…

Steve’s Say . . . Time To Let Go and Move On

For the past year since my father passed away last July 19th the challenge of managing my mother’s assets and property became an ever present commitment. From figuring out what insurance policies needed to be dealt with to securing just the right new living space for my mother, the last couple of summer months disintegrated…