PRUITT for US EPA

So Scott Pruitt's confirmation as head of the EPA is basically done and dusted.

PRUITT has a very strong record of aggressively blocking and railroading environmental regulation and legislation. He actually tried to prevent restrictions on Mercury back in the day, denying that it had toxic health impacts. He is a denier of scientific evidence.

I sense strongly that all NC's work in congress to date is now in vein. Pruitt's mandate is to reduce the EPA by 1/2 according to the PBS NEWS HOUR and stop environmental imposition on economic growth.

It will be interesting to see if business feels that the current administration is a bump in the road of the movement towards safer products or feels they can continue with BAU.

The legislation we hoped would push industry to AJX is gone in my opinion.