Scott Pruitt, Minister of Justice of Oklahoma, is known for his ties to the energy lobby.
The Republican Justice Minister of Oklahoma, a state which derives 50% of its wealth from oil exploitation, was indeed one of the architects of the legal battle conducted in recent years by the Great Old Party for the purpose To stop the reforms undertaken by Barack Obama to fight global warming.
At 48, in a few years he became the armed wing of the oil companies in an attempt to change the policy of the current administration to regulate energy extraction. Mr. Pruitt succeeded in launching legal proceedings against the White House climate plan in twenty-eight states. A federal court is soon to rule on the matter, before the case is eventually decided by the US Supreme Court.
There is no disagreement about the human origin of global warming except for 20 or 30 scientists watered by tankers who persist in telling anything to make believe that there is a doubt. The tobacco industry used the same technique in the 1960s and 1980s. But this time it is not the lungs of a few millions poor people that are at stake. But the future of all mankind.