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The EPA’s Legal Nemesis Is Confirmed as Its New Leader

Here’s what happens now that Scott Pruitt has been approved by the Senate.
Source: J. Scott Applewhite / AP

Scott Pruitt, the former attorney general of Oklahoma, was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 52-46 to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday afternoon, after a marathon all-night session in which Democrats held the floor for hours to oppose his nomination.

The vote came less than a day after an Oklahoma court between his office and the oil-and-gas industry, saying Pruitt had been in

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