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Announced steps to weaken auto emissions. he does not use science in his decision making. >> what troubled me the most is this disregard for science. this implication that science isn't real. you don't pay attention to it. there's enough uncertainty that you don't want to move forward. that is just very damaging. >> from his earliest days in office, pruitt has met repeatedly with industry representatives and rarely with environmentalists. making key decisions at times shortly after those meetings. pruitt has hired lobbyists to lead operations that used to regulate their industries. internal e-...

And has aggressively brought that skepticism into epa, removing references on the epa's websites. >> scott pruitt who most of you know. >> he was one of the loudest voices pushing president trump to abandon the paris climate accord and he was there when the announcement was made shocking most world leaders. in october, pruitt announced a withdrawal from the clean power plan, which stalled in courts, is designed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from polluters. in january this year, pruitt's epa weakened the clean air act withdrawing regulations on major sources of hazardous air pollutants. ...

>> this could potentially affect a huge slew of studies, including some landmark older studies that have underpinned, for example, some of the most basic air pollution rules that we have today, which affect the kind of -- the level of soot that can be emitted from power plants and other burning of fossil fuels like auto emissions. it could affect everything from, say, drinking water advisories across the country in terms of a lake, how much fish you could consume as well as maybe potentially what household products. there are huge implications depending on how epa defines what data needs to be...

Commission proposes to slash allowed auto emissions by another thirty percent that are several carmakers are already having trouble meeting existing targets according to a study by international consultancy firm p a consulting let's take a look comic as in europe currently aim for new cars to emit an average of maximum ninety five grams of c o two per kilometer and that means that someone else can produce more than this as long as others are more environmentally friendly german car makers however are exposed dima and b.m.w. cannot meet existing targets according to the report their emissions a...

Resulted in cleaner air, purer water, better protected land. its website lists a list of accomplishments including regulating auto emissions, banning the use of ddt, cleaning up toxic waste and increasing recycling. what has changed in the past year? correspondent anne thompson explains. >> reporter: scott pruitt's first trip at head of the epa was to a coal mine. they flanked president trump as he started undoing the clean power plan. >> you know what it says, right? you're going back to work. >> reporter: this is a very different kind of environmental protecti protection. the president makin...