The emails show Pruitt wanted the updates to appear as soon as possible and had specific changes he wanted made. “We need to start building an updated page for the clean power plan ASAP with the goal of having it go live sometime on Monday,” Konkus wrote. Konkus’ message triggered a flurry of emails over the following days about extensive changes to the agency’s web pages, including some edits ordered directly by Pruitt. EPA began its formal repeal of the Clean Power Plan in October. Other pages, including the agency’s homepage, have been substantially altered to removing mentions of climate and climate change.

Source: National Post February 02, 2018 06:11 UTC