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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said during his Jan. 18 confirmation hearing that the U.S. EPA's finding that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases constitute a threat to human health and welfare and therefore need to be regulated is the law of the land and "must be respected."
Some critics of Pruitt's nomination to become the next administrator of the EPA have worried that his participation in litigation against the endangerment finding may suggest Pruitt could roll back that ruling if he becomes the administrator of the agency. But Pruitt told Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass., that the endangerment finding "is there and needs to be enforced."
The issue arose during the afternoon round of questioning at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Capitol Hill. The senators returned to issues that were brought up in the morning session, such as Pruitt's stance on climate change...