{"id":29788,"date":"2018-04-30T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=29788"},"modified":"2018-04-30T15:38:08","modified_gmt":"2018-04-30T20:38:08","slug":"stateimpact-oklahoma-embeds-with-nprs-for-latest-trump-stories-on-scott-pruitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2018\/04\/30\/stateimpact-oklahoma-embeds-with-nprs-for-latest-trump-stories-on-scott-pruitt\/","title":{"rendered":"StateImpact Oklahoma Embeds With NPR\u2019s For Latest \u2018Trump Stories\u2019 On Scott Pruitt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29789\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29789\" alt=\"Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott and current U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt joins in an applause at the Oklahoma Capitol in 2017.\" src=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/20170206-sots244_HR_WEB.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/20170206-sots244_HR_WEB.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/20170206-sots244_HR_WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/20170206-sots244_HR_WEB-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2018\/04\/20170206-sots244_HR_WEB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott and current U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt joins in an applause at the Oklahoma Capitol in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>As Donald Trump&#8217;s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt is popular with conservatives for his aggressive rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations. He has also been strongly criticized for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/energy-environment\/wp\/2018\/04\/27\/epa-inspector-general-to-open-new-reviews-into-scott-pruitt\/?utm_term=.e81a71c68b56\">alleged ethics violations<\/a>. But there&#8217;s another side of Pruitt that&#8217;s less well known.<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NPR embedded audio player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/player\/embed\/606138351\/606168290\" height=\"290\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<!--more-->Pruitt is a Southern Baptist, and for years, his politics as a state senator in Oklahoma focused on faith-based issues like abortion and religious freedom.<\/p><p>Pruitt has publicly said he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/03\/02\/scott-pruitt-epa-evolution-theory-abortion-gay-marriage-433284\">doubts<\/a> the science behind the theory of evolution. In this episode, NPR and StateImpact Oklahoma examine how Pruitt&#8217;s faith informs his views on the environment, and how he handled a major pollution case in Oklahoma when he served as the state\u2019s Attorney General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Donald Trump&#8217;s EPA Administrator, Scott Pruitt is popular with conservatives for his aggressive rollback of Obama-era environmental regulations. He has also been strongly criticized for\u00a0alleged ethics violations. But there&#8217;s another side of Pruitt that&#8217;s less well known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":29789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[490,491],"tags":[586,819,620,647],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29788"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29799,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29788\/revisions\/29799"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}