Washington (CNN) Former Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has begun talks about becoming a consultant to Joseph Craft, a Kentucky coal baron, The New York Times reported Wednesday. The report on the former Trump administration EPA head cited two industry executives who said Pruitt told executives at a Kentucky Coal Association meeting last week that he planned to develop a consulting firm. The executives told the Times that Pruitt would get other clients following Craft, the head of Alliance Resource Partners. "In response to speculation, former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is not an employee for Alliance Resource Partners, nor are there discussions of him becoming an employee," the statement read. Craft and Mr. Pruitt are preliminary, and do not involve him becoming an employee of Alliance Resource Partners.

Source: CNN September 12, 2018 21:33 UTC