Science under the Trump Administration

Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma speaking at

CPAC in National Harbor, Maryland, on March 3, 2016.

Photo by Gage Skidmore

Donald Trump's choice to lead the Environmental Protection agency is Scott Pruitt, Attorney General for the State of Oklahoma. In that capacity, he has sued that agency 19 times, and eight actions are still pending. Andrew Rosenberg, Director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the nonpartisan Union of Concerned Scientists, voices concern that the EPA won't be taken seriously when it comes to environmental pollution — or climate change.