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    Beleaguered EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns amid scandals

    by Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times Jul 05, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt, one of the most scandal-plagued Cabinet officials in U.S. history, is leaving the agency.

    "I have accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency," Trump said in a tweet Thursday. "Within the agency Scott has done an outstanding job, and I will always be thankful to him for this."

    He said Pruitt's deputy at EPA, Andrew Wheeler, will assume control on Monday as acting administrator. The naming of Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist and longtime Washington insider, assures that even in Pruitt's absence, the EPA will continue to pursue an agenda driven by the fossil fuel industry.

    "I have no doubt that Andy will continue on with our great and lasting EPA agenda," Trump wrote. "We have made tremendous progress and the future of the EPA is very bright!"

    The departure of the anti-regulatory crusader Pruitt ends

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