EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Continues Dirty Energy Tour

WASHINGTON — The man in charge of protecting human health and the environment traveled to one of America’s oldest coal-fired power plants on Thursday, continuing what is shaping up to be a dirty energy tour. Environmental Protection Agency head Scott Pruitt’s visit to the Thomas Hill Energy Center, in Clifton Hill, Missouri, comes one week after he traveled to a Pennsylvania coal mine to formally launch the EPA’s “Back-to-Basics agenda.” It also comes a day after the American Lung Association released its annual air quality report, which found nearly 4 in 10 Americans are breathing dangerous levels of pollution and warned the Trump administration that sidelining efforts to curb emissions would jeopardize public health. Pruitt echoed the message he delivered on April 13 at Pennsylvania’s Harvey Mine. “The war on coal is over; the war on fossil fuels is over,” he told workers at the 1,153-megawatt facility in Missouri, according to the Moberly Monitor-Index.  “Last week, I went underground in a Pennsylvania coal mine, and today I got a firsthand look at a Missouri coal-fired power plant,” Pruitt said in a statement released after his visit. “Coal is, and will continue to be, a critical part of America’s energy mix.” @EPAScottPruitt is in Missouri to share his plans for getting #EPABack2Basics & fulfilling @POTUS' Energy Independence Executive Order. pic.twitter.com/akcrVUGN9S&...
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