EPA's Pruitt recuses himself from lawsuits opposing Obama rules

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has recused himself from litigation challenging former President Barack Obama’s climate change agenda and environmental rules he had been a party to as attorney general of Oklahoma.

“I have conferred with the Office of General Counsel’s Ethics Office and understand I must recuse myself from matters I have a financial interest, or a personal or business relationship,” Pruitt wrote Thursday in a notice to the general counsel obtained by the Washington Examiner.