Environmental groups buzz EPA chief Scott Pruitt in elaborate plane protest

Published October 20, 2017 10:07pm ET



Environmentalists are going to great lengths to keep the Trump administration’s private jet scandal alive by flying planes of their own and buzzing members of the Cabinet with the goal of having them resign.

Friends of the Earth flew a single-engine plane Thursday night over an oil and gas conference as part of a campaign to pressure Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to pay back $58,000 he spent in taxpayer dollars on private chartered flights since becoming the agency’s chief.

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