<div dir="ltr"><div><font size="4">EPA chief Pruitt apparently needs more than a sound proof phone booth....</font></div><div><font size="4">------------------</font></div><div><strong>Scott Pruitt’s $43,000 soundproof phone booth violated spending laws, federal watchdog finds</strong></div><div><span><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/16/scott-pruitts-43000-soundproof-phone-booth-violated-spending-laws-federal-watchdog-finds/?utm_term=.8a8659510296">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/04/16/scott-pruitts-43000-soundproof-phone-booth-violated-spending-laws-federal-watchdog-finds/?utm_term=.8a8659510296</a></span></div><div><span>------------------------<br></span></div><div><font size="4">He should also utilize more stealthy email communications to hide his ethically questionable behavior:</font></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><h1 class="gmail-page__title gmail-title" id="gmail-page-title">Emails Reveal Pruitt and EPA Coordinating with Climate-Denying Heartland Institute</h1><article class="gmail-node-12965 gmail-node gmail-node-blog gmail-node-promoted gmail-view-mode-full gmail-clearfix"><header><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-mobile-only"><a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/05/29/emails-reveal-pruitt-epa-coordinating-climate-denying-heartland-institute?utm_source=dsb%20newsletter">https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/05/29/emails-reveal-pruitt-epa-coordinating-climate-denying-heartland-institute?utm_source=dsb%20newsletter</a><span></span></p><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-desktop-only">        By <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/user/justin-mikulka"><font color="#0066cc">Justin Mikulka</font></a> • Tuesday, May 29, 2018 </p><span><span><p>A lawsuit <a href="https://www.southernenvironment.org/news-and-press/press-releases/groups-sue-for-information-about-heartland-institutes-involvement-in-epa-climate-science-decisions" target="_blank"><font color="#0066cc">filed in March</font></a> by the Southern Environmental Law Center and Environmental Defense Fund has revealed new levels of coordination between <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/scott-pruitt"><font color="#0066cc">Scott Pruitt</font></a>'s Environmental Protection Agency (<span class="gmail-caps">EPA</span>) and the climate science-denying think tank <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/heartland-institute"><font color="#0066cc">the Heartland Institute</font></a>.</p><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-desktop-only">The <span class="gmail-caps">EPA</span> had repeatedly failed to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests by the two groups, which resulted in the lawsuit and subsequent release of the email communications.<span><span><br></span></span></p></span><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-desktop-only"><br></p></span><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-desktop-only"><font size="4"></font><br></p></header></article><header><p><font size="4"></font><p class="gmail-submitted gmail-desktop-only"><font size="4"></font><header><font size="4"></font></header></p></p></header></span><header><header><article class="gmail-node-12965 gmail-node gmail-node-blog gmail-node-promoted gmail-view-mode-full gmail-clearfix"><span><font size="6">EPA emails could contradict Pruitt testimony on apartment hunt</font></span></article></header></header></div><span><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/pruitt-apartment-search/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/31/politics/pruitt-apartment-search/index.html</a><span><span><br></span></span></p></span><div><span><span><p class="gmail-metadata__byline"><span class="gmail-metadata__byline__author">By <a href="https://www.cnn.com/profiles/gregory-wallace"><font color="#0066cc">Gregory Wallace</font></a></span></p><p class="gmail-metadata__show"><p class="gmail-update-time">Updated 8:08 PM ET, Thu May 31, 2018 </p><span><div class="el__leafmedia el__leafmedia--sourced-paragraph"><p class="gmail-zn-body__paragraph gmail-speakable"><cite class="el-editorial-source">Washington (CNN)</cite>Newly released emails appear to contradict EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's account in recent congressional testimony that the aide who assisted him with his apartment hunt did so "on personal time."   </p></div><div class="gmail-zn-body__paragraph gmail-speakable">The emails, released by three Democratic senators who have been investigating Pruitt's actions at the Environmental Protection Agency, show a scheduler in Pruitt's office corresponded with a real estate agent during typical work hours. </div></span><p class="gmail-update-time"><span><span>----------------------------------------</span></span></p><p class="gmail-update-time"><span><span>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett<br></span></span></p></p></span></span></div></div>