EPA paid $1,560 for 12 fountain pens, emails show
A close aide to Scott Pruitt last year ordered a set of 12 fountain pens that cost the Environmental Protection Agency $1,560, according to agency documents.
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EPA again blocks journalists from attending summit
The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday barred journalists for the second consecutive day from attending a national summit focused on water contaminants, telling reporters from CNN and other news organizations that they would not be permitted inside the venue.
EPA blocks CNN, AP journalists from attending Pruitt speech
The Environmental Protection Agency blocked reporters from several news outlets from a national summit on Tuesday where Scott Pruitt, the agency's chief, was speaking.
Pruitt apartment search help may have broken ethics rules, experts say
The free house-hunting help Scott Pruitt received from an Environmental Protection Agency aide may have been a violation of federal ethics rules, according to two government ethics experts.
Scott Pruitt unapologetically defends EPA tenure amid blistering criticism
Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vehemently defended himself while facing tough questions about his spending and alleged ethical transgressions at a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday.
2 EPA aides leave amid Pruitt controversies
Two influential staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency are leaving the agency, CNN has learned.
GAO: $43,000 soundproof booth for EPA head violated law
The $43,000 purchase of a soundproof booth for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt's office violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office concluded Monday.
Pelosi calls on EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to resign
The top House Democrat called for Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to step down after a string of recent, high-profile reports calling into question the EPA chief's decision making.
Samantha Dravis, top Pruitt aide, resigning
A top aide to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is resigning.
Leaked memo: Pruitt has authority over Clean Water Act
Key provisions in the Clean Water Act are now under the control of one person at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency -- Administrator Scott Pruitt, according to a leaked memo obtained by CNN.
2 Florida Republicans call for Trump's EPA chief to resign
Two House Republicans called Tuesday for the ouster of Scott Pruitt, the embattled administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, with one of those lawmakers saying Pruitt's "corruption scandals are an embarrassment" and his "conduct is grossly disrespectful to American taxpayers."
EPA spent $30,000-plus on security detail for Administrator Scott Pruitt's Italy trip
New documents show the Environmental Protection Agency spent more than $30,000 on security detail for Administrator Scott Pruitt's overseas trip to Italy last year.
House Dems raise concerns about EPA employee allowed to be media consultant
House Democrats asked Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday to to address "serious concerns of impartiality" about an agency appointee allowed to work as an outside media consultant.
EPA documents show agency's justification for Pruitt travel
Newly released documents show how the Environmental Protection Agency justified several expensive charter flights for Administrator Scott Pruitt -- including a $14,000 bill for a business trip around his home state.
The EPA made a surprise move that could protect the world's largest salmon fishery
In a surprise reversal, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it is withdrawing its plan to suspend environmental protections for an area of Alaska that is home to the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery.
EPA withdraws regulation on 'major sources' of pollution
The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing a policy that requires facilities, such as power plants, that are "major" sources of hazardous air pollutants to remain classified as major sources even if they lowered their emissions.
EPA removes climate change references from website, report says
References to climate change and the Environmental Protection Agency's use of renewable energy have been removed from several of its web pages, according to an analysis by the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative.
