Senate Democrats are vowing to block the expected nomination of President-elect Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, whom they accused of being a climate change denier and supporter of fossil fuels.
Newly elected Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer tweeted, “Pruitt stands with big oil & climate deniers, not American families who fight for #CleanAir & #CleanWater.”
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