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President Trump may be planning to permanently place Andrew Wheeler as EPA Administrator.  Pro Farmer reports that Trump this week said of Wheeler: “He is acting, but he is doing well, right? So maybe he won't be so acting for so long.”  President Tr...

The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking a “new tone” with a change in leadership. Andrew Wheeler, who now serves as the acting administrator of the EPA, is aiming for a more transparent direction with “a change coming,” compared to how former administrator Scott Pruitt ran the agency. The EPA said Wheeler w...

The polarizing tenure of Scott Pruitt as head of the Environmental Protection Agency has come to an end. President Donald Trump tweeted on Thursday afternoon that he’s “accepted the resignation of Scott Pruitt as the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency,” noting that Pruitt has done a “good job within the Agency.” The Senate has alread...

On the surface, President Trump says EPA Chief Scott Pruitt has done a fantastic job of running the agency.  However, Trump tells Bloomberg that “he’s not happy” with some of Pruitt’s actions as ethics allegations continue to threaten the EPA chief’s tenure.   “I’m looking at Scott and he’s...

Many farmers wonder if WOTUS is coming back anytime soon.  Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt said that won't be the case.  He said his agency took steps to rescind it, and it will stay rescinded.   The second step, though, is to come up with,  "a substitute definition of what the Water of the United States will be going forward, d that's extremely important, to enhance certain

Lawmakers peppered EPA chief Scott Pruitt with questions on ethics and spending allegations that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster.  An Associated Press report said the EPA boss was on the defensive as he blamed “half-truths” and “twisted” allegations as attempts to undermine the Trump administration’s anti-regulatory agenda.  The public questioning on Capitol Hil...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has had a busy week impacting the ag community.  First he sent a delay of the WOTUS rule notice to the Administration.  In addition he told a Senate panel the EPA will decide soon, whether to expand its waiver authority for year-round use of 15-percent ethanol blends of gasoline.  Summert...

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has signed an order to block WOTUS. A hold of the rule placed in 2015 will soon be lifted by a federal appeals court following the Supreme Court ruling that says jurisdiction of the rule lies in federal district courts, not appeals courts...

The Government Accountability Office will investigate an appearance by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in a video by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.  Pruitt appeared earlier this year in a promotional video against the EPA Waters of the U.S. rule.  In th...

Much of this summer, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has traveled across the United States talking with farmers, ranchers and landowners.  Pruitt is discussing the 2015 WOTUS he is rolling back- and what a new and improved WOTUS Rule should have.  Pr...