Climate Cast: Getting to know Scott Pruitt, Trump's pick to lead the EPA

Scott Pruitt at Trump Tower
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt
Andrew Harnik | AP 2016

Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt is President-elect Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

Pruitt has expressed doubts about climate change science and criticized the EPA. If he's confirmed, what will that mean for the future of the agency?

Robinson Meyer, an associate editor at The Atlantic, discussed Pruitt with MPR chief meteorologist Paul Huttner and host Kerri Miller.

Hear their chat by using the audio player above.

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