EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins said the agency had no formal threat-assessment process to determine what was actually warranted.

...according to recently released phone logs

The embattled former administrator had his bulldogs. They’re now gone.

The E.P.A.’s new acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, will pick up where Mr. Pruitt left off, working to scale back rules on power plant emissions, vehicle standards and water pollution.

Many members of his inner circle apparently couldn’t stand their boss.

But in recent months the question has become not whether Kelly could tame Trump but how soon Trump would get rid of Kelly.

In little more than a year, most of them were gone, chased away by scandal or disillusionment over what they viewed as a loss of focus by a boss distracted by the trappings of power

Pruitt didn’t want to leave his post and was described as being devastated that he had to resign

Pruitt is resigning because the public is being mean to him.

EPA staffers met routinely in Pruitt's office to "scrub," alter or remove from Pruitt's official calendar numerous records because they might "look bad"

Advisers quickly shot down the proposal

Pruitt had no response and left the restaurant before she returned to her seat three tables away.

“Since your letter in April, additional potential issues regarding Mr. Pruitt have come to my attention through sources within EPA and media reports”

Pruitt was livid over Hupp’s testimony ... And he personally reached out to allies in the conservative movement, including some at the influential legal group the Federalist Society, to insist that she had lied about, or at least misunderstood, the request for a used Trump mattress.

The E.P.A. chief is being investigated for retaliating against at least a half dozen employees for questioning his scams.

The profligate public spending is a far cry from Pruitt’s political rhetoric. Announcing his bid for lieutenant governor of Oklahoma in 2006, Pruitt asked supporters to join him to “reverse our course and embrace fiscal conservative principles.”

Pruitt’s troubles with farmers have nothing to do with his never-ending ethics scandals, and instead stem from accusations that he’s weakening an ethanol mandate that provides a lifeline to corn growers

The departures come as Mr. Pruitt faces fresh questions about his management decisions.

“Rather than saying, you know that was a mistake, I shouldn’t have done that, or, it was totally innocent or saying nothing, he tries to defend it by touting the excellence of Chick-fil-A as a franchise. It’s as if he just doesn’t care”

On Tuesday, yet another story was published about ethically dubious actions by Scott Pruitt

Hupp’s search for a discount “Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top” mattress, which she detailed in a recent interview with congressional investigators, was one of several unusual tasks she performed for the administrator.

The Environmental Protection Agency is barring The Associated Press, CNN and the environmental-focused news organization E&E from a national summit on harmful water contaminants.

The acknowledgments came amid increasing allegations of legal and ethical misconduct by Mr. Pruitt that have led some lawmakers, including in his own party, to call for his resignation.

The intervention by Scott Pruitt’s aides came after one White House official warned the findings would cause a ‘public relations nightmare.'

Pasquale “Nino” Perrotta ... led Pruitt’s 24-hour security detail, putting him at the center of several of the ethics and spending episodes under review by the EPA inspector general and congressional investigators.

“I have nothing to hide,” Mr. Pruitt said in his opening remarks

Pruitt said the change, long sought by chemical manufacturers and fossil fuel companies, would increase transparency in the agency’s decision-making by requiring all underlying data used in scientific studies to be made publicly available.

There are at least 10 federal investigations focused on Pruitt’s first-class travel, unusually large security detail, frequent association with lobbying interests, pay raises for staffers, and, somehow, more.

As Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt assigned investigations agents from his office to be his driver and bodyguard, at times taking them on his frequent trips out of state to speak to conservative political organizations

...despite claims he needed to travel in first class at government expense because of security threats.

The law prohibits an agency from obligating more than $5,000 in federal funds to furnish, redecorate or make improvements in the office of a presidential appointee without first notifying appropriations committees in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

The Environmental Protection Agency says it's a complete coincidence that it fired a career staffer who signed off on a report contradicting claims that EPA head Scott Pruitt has received death threats on the same day Senate Democrats cited that assessment as evidence that the EPA had no reason to spend millions on increased security for Pruitt.

"I would never overstay my welcome, and I would at least put beer in the fridge"

“Scott Pruitt is the Kato Kaelin of Capitol Hill. He is the long-term house guest who takes advantage of his hosts and refuses to take a hint about when it’s time to leave”

But two EPA officials and a White House official told The Post that the administrator instructed staff to award substantial pay boosts to both women, who had worked in different roles for him in Oklahoma.

At least five officials at the Environmental Protection Agency, four of them high-ranking, were reassigned or demoted, or requested new jobs in the past year after they raised concerns about the spending and management of the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.

Despite Pruitt’s insistence that EPA career officials approved his 2017 living arrangement, which went from late February to early August, agency ethics officials weren’t aware of it until news reports late last week.

...amid a series of damaging reports that have raised the possibility that Pruitt could be fired.

In recent weeks, Pruitt has been the focus of ongoing scrutiny of his frequent first-class travel, which the EPA has argued was necessary because of security concerns.

The Environmental Protection Agency signed off last March on a Canadian energy company’s pipeline-expansion plan at the same time that the E.P.A. chief, Scott Pruitt, was renting a condominium linked to the energy company’s powerful Washington lobbying firm.

Pruitt announced Monday that he would revoke Obama-era standards requiring cars and light trucks sold in the United States to average more than 50 miles per gallon by 2025

Employees crafted the email ... on the basis of controversial — and scientifically unsound — statements that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has made about the current state of climate research.

Kelly, the White House chief of staff, has killed an effort by the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to stage public debates challenging climate change science

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports

Mr. Blutstein, in an interview, said he was taking aim at “resistance” figures in the federal government, adding that he hoped to discover whether they had done anything that might embarrass them or hurt their cause.

Robert Phalen once claimed that children’s lungs need to breathe irritants so their bodies can learn to fight them.

A large coalition of science organizations, science advocates, environmentalists, and politicians lined up in fierce opposition to the policy changes

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has met regularly with corporate executives from the automobile, mining and fossil fuel industries — in several instances shortly before making decisions favorable to those interest groups

From Day 1, the White House and its lackeys in certain federal agencies have been waging what amounts to a war on science, appointing people with few scientific credentials to key positions, defunding programs that could lead to a cleaner and safer environment and a healthier population, and, most ominously, censoring scientific inquiry that could inform the public and government policy.

“Science should not be something that’s just thrown about to try to dictate policy in Washington, D.C.”

Doors to the floor are now frequently locked, and employees have to have an escort to gain entrance. Some employees say they are also told to leave behind their cellphones when they meet with Mr. Pruitt, and are sometimes told not to take notes.

The Supreme Court allowed parts of the travel ban to go forward, in a victory that would not have happened without Neil Gorsuch on the court

In the years before running for president, he called it “nonexistent,” “mythical” and a “a total con job.”

...is the first known example under the Trump administration of an accused polluter — which has admitted violating the law — backing away from a proposed environmental settlement.

“When you weigh the evidence across the different studies that have looked at this, it really does pretty strongly point the finger that organophosphate pesticides as a class are of significant concern to child neurodevelopment”

Pruitt had been one of the most active state officials in bringing lawsuits against the agency he now leads, challenging federal environmental rules.

“Mr. Pruitt, are we supposed to believe that that's all a coincidence?” Wallace asked.

Less than a month ago, Pruitt said carbon emissions are not "a primary contributor" to global warming.

The calls to Pruitt’s main line, 202-564-4700, reached such a high volume by Friday that agency officials created an impromptu call center

Pruitt's view is at odds with the opinion of NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

“Lo and behold, the documents Scott Pruitt wanted to keep hidden have confirmed our suspicion that he used his personal email address to conduct official state business”

Pruitt said there needs to be more debate on how much human impact is responsible for climate change.

The new administrator and President Donald Trump are expected to move quickly to begin unraveling the agency's rules on water and climate change.

Democrats have blasted the nominee for his push to roll back regulations and his past statements challenging the science behind climate change

Pruitt’s history of suing the EPA — as well as his rejection of the mainstream consensus on climate change — have made him a controversial pick to lead the agency.