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February 17, 2017

Oklahoma Judge Orders EPA Nominee Scott Pruitt to Make Emails Public
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In Oklahoma, a district judge ordered state Attorney General Scott
Pruitt to release thousands of pages of correspondence with oil, coal
and gas companies, as Republicans vowed to press ahead with a vote today
on whether to confirm Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection
Agency. Thursday's ruling cited Pruitt's "abject failure" to follow the
Oklahoma Open Records Act. Pruitt's office will have until next Tuesday
to release about 3,000 emails that reportedly show his close ties to
executives at energy companies, including Koch Industries. He's expected
to be narrowly confirmed by the Senate before the emails are made
public.


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