It’s hardly surprising given that the Trump administration has literally removed the White House visitors book, so we may never know who has been whispering in the president’s ear. In Scott Pruitt, Trump has an Environmental Protection Agency chief who understands how the agency works and how to hobble it. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trump is delivering on his crusade to transport the environmental and industrial outlook of the late 19th century to the modern day. Composite: AP, Getty Images & Rex FeaturesIn less than six months, Trump has begun to tear up almost all of the key planks of Barack Obama’s environmental agenda. However, Trump’s administration hasn’t spared much time doing what it can to reverse a roughly decades long retreat from the peak of tough-on-crime, mass-incarceration dogma.

Source: The Guardian July 19, 2017 09:56 UTC