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April 3, 2017

EPA Head Says U.S. Should Not Prioritize Renewables Over Fossil Fuels
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Speaking Sunday on Fox News, Environmental Protection Agency head Scott
Pruitt said the government shouldn't promote renewables over fossil
fuels.

Scott Pruitt: "We shouldn't have this commitment by the U.S. government
to say that fossil fuels are bad, renewables are good. The U.S. EPA and
the U.S. government should not pick winners and losers, Chris. And
that's what happened in the last several years."

Last week, EPA head Scott Pruitt also rejected an effort to ban a
farming insecticide, even though scientists have concluded the Dow
Chemical product leads to a range of learning and memory impairments in
farm workers and their children.


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