"President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run U.S. EPA has already eliminated one environmental protection entity during his time in government.

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt (R) quietly folded the Environmental Protection Unit in his office after he was first elected in 2010. Around the same time, Pruitt, who says environmental regulation is best left to the states, created a Federalism Unit under his solicitor general to handle Pruitt's legal challenges against EPA.

"One of the first things he did was dismantle the Environmental Protection Unit and form the Federalism Unit," said Mark Derichsweiler, who retired a year ago from his job at the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality. "It just didn't get much attention.""

Mike Soraghan reports for EnergyWire December 16, 2016. [2]

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