Is it really _Trump's_ EPA that is the problem? Or is the underlying problem the party that backs him and supplies EPA officials? https://www.vox.com/science-

Is it really _Trump's_ EPA that is the problem? Or is the underlying problem the party that backs him and supplies EPA officials? https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/10/14871696/scott-pruitt-climate-denial https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/3/10/14871696/sc... Scott Pruitt denies basic climate science. But most of the outrage is missing the point. ... It’s not about Pruitt and it’s not about facts. (from 2017) [Complaints] are all about what Pruitt believes. And in the end, who cares what he believes? He is a functionary, chosen in part to dismantle EPA regulations on greenhouse gases. If it weren’t him, it would be some other functionary. The goal is to block or reverse any policy that would negatively affect [conservative] donors and supporters, who are drawn disproportionately from carbon-intensive industries and regions. That is the North Star — to protect those constituencies. That means, effectively, blocking any efficacious climate policy (which, almost by definition, will diminish fossil fuels)