Opinion
Trump admin has declared war on the environment
The deeply forested landscape in Humboldt County, where environmental protection is a critical issue. (Photo: Ethan Daniels)OPINION: The resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was met with a collective sigh of relief across the nation. Pruitt, one of President Donald Trump’s most loyal foot soldiers in the Trump Administration’s ongoing war on environmental quality, environmental justice, and environmental health, had overseen some of the most egregious rollbacks of environmental protections in history during his brief and troubled tenure in office.