The Environmental Protection Agency has signed a deal to test technology from an Israeli company whose executives were twice granted access to EPA chief Scott Pruitt at the request of Republican Party donor and casino magnate Sheldon Adelson. The EPA agreed to test a water-purification system developed by Water-Gen Ltd. , an Israeli technology company whose board includes Harvard legal scholar and television pundit Alan Dershowitz. “This came as a request of Sheldon Adelson,” reads a note on the entry for their first meeting March 29, 2017. Mr. Adelson declined to comment. But a person close to Mr. Adelson said that while he has no financial interest in Water-Gen, he has been impressed with its work.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 28, 2018 02:31 UTC