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FILE - In this March 10, 2016, file photo, Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma Attorney General, gestures as he speaks during an interview in Oklahoma City. The Oklahoma Capitol is at rear. The Oklahoma attorney general's office says it has complied with a judge's order to surrender documents related to new Environmental Protection Agency leader Pruitt's communications with energy companies. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

EPA head’s emails with energy companies to be released

By TIM TALLEY - Associated Press

Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are publicly questioning new administrator Scott Pruitt's (seated) ties to the energy sector, worried that such links may affect his ability to do the job. (Associated Press)

Scott Pruitt’s link to oil-and-gas sector worries EPA staffers

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo,Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Senate Republicans are poised to use their majority to confirm Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite calls from Democrats for a delay.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Scott Pruitt confirmed as EPA chief; Democrats’ stalling fails amid email controversy

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo,Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Senate Republicans are poised to use their majority to confirm Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite calls from Democrats for a delay.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Scott Pruitt sworn in as EPA leader

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017, file photo,Environmental Protection Agency Administrator nominee, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Senate Republicans are poised to use their majority to confirm Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, despite calls from Democrats for a delay.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Pruitt OK’d as EPA chief over environmentalists’ objections

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Scott Pruitt, EPA nominee, overcomes Democratic opposition, clears first Senate vote

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. The Republican-controlled Senate is poised to confirm Pruitt on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Scott Pruitt EPA nominee ordered to turn over emails

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, the Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Judge: EPA nominee Pruitt must provide records of meetings

By TIM TALLEY - Associated Press

Trump transition team limits EPA at environmental forum

Associated Press

Attorney Blake Lawrence, left, answers a question about a lawsuit against Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt over public access to official emails, in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017. Looking on are Brady Henderson, center, and Ryan Kiesel, both of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma. A lawsuit filed against Pruitt, President Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, accuses him of violating the state open records law by not providing access to emails and other official documents sought for up to two years. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

Lawsuit: Trump Cabinet nominee has not turned over records

By TIM TALLEY - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency employees and environmental activists gather in Chicago, Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, to protest the nomination of Scott Pruitt for administrator of the agency. Pruitt is President Donald Trump's pick to head the agency. (AP Photo/Carla K. Johnson)

Scores of EPA workers object to Trump’s pick to lead agency

By CARLA K. JOHNSON and MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

EPA: Oklahoma regulators should do more to curb earthquakes

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2017 file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Republicans voted Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, to send to the full Senate the nomination of Pruitt to lead the EPA. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP senators move Trump EPA pick ahead as Dems boycott vote

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate committee breaks Democrat boycott, suspends rules to approve new EPA chief Scott Pruitt

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2017 file photo, Health and Human Services Secretary-designate, Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2017, to testify at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Finance Committee. Republicans on Wednesday muscled through President Donald Trump’s nominees for Treasury and Health after the majority GOP suspended committee rules, a power grab in the latest escalation of partisan tensions in Congress. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

GOP pushes 2 top Cabinet picks through to full Senate

By ALAN FRAM and RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate, Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats boycott vote on EPA nominee Scott Pruitt

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator-designate and Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on Jan. 18, 2017. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Democrats boycott Scott Pruitt’s EPA confirmation hearing

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on curbing the EPA by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The just war on the EPA

By Kelly Riddell - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 21, 2015 file photo, workers prepare an oil containment boom at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif. The clean-up for the largest coastal oil spill in California in 25 years, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency helped oversee, climbed to $92 million. The former head of President Donald Trump's transition team at the Environmental Protection Agency says he expects the new administration to seek significant budget and staff cuts for the department. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

AP Explains: What is the EPA, and why is it in the hot seat?

By JOHN FLESHER and TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

Washington governor: Trump ‘foolishness’ won’t affect plans

By PHUONG LE - Associated Press