Topic: Environment & Energy

EPA Rejection of FOIA Request for Emails Between Pruitt and Staff and Congress

July 28, 2017
EPA rejection of American Oversight's request for emails between Scott Pruitt or senior EPA staff and email accounts ending in house.gov or senate.gov.

EPA Rejection of Request for Emails Between Pruitt and Staff

July 28, 2017
EPA rejected American Oversight's request for emails between Scott Pruitt and EPA senior staff between June 1 and June 15, 2017.

Call for OSC Investigation of Pruitt Travel to Oklahoma

July 27, 2017
American Oversight today filed a complaint with the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) requesting an investigation into a report that EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt has spent thousands of dollars of taxpayer money on frequent travel to his home state of Oklahoma.

FOIA Request to DOE Mark Maddox Special Assistant

July 25, 2017
Records pertaining to Mark Maddox, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Energy.

FOIA Request to Treasury Department Andrew “Drew” Maloney

July 25, 2017
Records pertaining to Andrew "Drew" Maloney, Deputy Undersecretary for Legislative Affairs.

FOIA Request to EPA Tate Bennett Deputy Administrator

July 25, 2017
Records pertaining to Elizabeth “Tate” Bennett, Deputy Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations.

FOIA Request to EPA Nancy Beck Deputy Assistant Administrator

July 25, 2017
Records pertaining to Nancy Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator.

No Records Response from DOI Regarding Government Studies of Pesticides

July 6, 2017
The Department of Interior, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement found no responsive records to American Oversight's FOIA request for communications regarding government studies of certain pesticides.

American Oversight Sues EPA to Release Pruitt’s Calendars and Communications with Carl Icahn

June 27, 2017
American Oversight today filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force the release of communications with investor and White House advisor Carl Icahn, along with calendars and phone logs for Administrator Scott Pruitt and other top agency officials.