EPA administrator Scott Pruitt kept close tabs on scrubbing agency's climate websites, documents show

Soon after taking office on Feb. 17, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt set out to revamp his agency’s websites in order to take down longstanding information on climate science and policy. This included the agency’s authoritative resources on climate science findings and data, a climate change for kids page, and a website detailing the landmark Clean Power Plan. 

Documents released Monday by the Environmental Defense Fund show that Pruitt was involved in ordering and monitoring his staff’s progress in taking down these specific websites, and putting up interim redirect sites in their stead.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | EPA administrator Scott Pruitt kept close tabs on scrubbing agency's climate websites, documents show