Can’t say this is surprising. From a policy point of view Scott Pruitt is antithetical to everything for which a good environmental steward stands. But, cabinet appointments are the province of the President with the advice and consent of Congress. We are getting the environmental policies for which the people voted. That is how it works. Pruitt took governance to new lows though, befitting regimes we (used to) laugh at in less developed parts of the world.
Nothing is won here though except a glimmer of hope that, even if we vehemently disagree with their policies, civil servants act with honor and honesty in service of their country. However, environmental vigilance is still critical on the part of all stakeholders even with Pruitt’s departure from the EPA. He is gone but the people who put him in that position, and will replace him, are still in power.
Embattled EPA Chief Scott Pruitt resigns (Washington Post)
Scott Pruitt, Trump’s EPA Chief, Resigns Under Cloud of Ethics Scandals (NY Times)
Embattled Scott Pruitt Resigns as EPA Administrator (Wall St. Journal)