"Under previous administrations, EPA would often fail to meet designation deadlines, and then wait to be sued by activist groups and others, agreeing in a settlement to set schedules for designation," said Pruitt, who sued EPA more than a dozen times in his prior job.
普鲁特表示，“在以前的政府管理下，环保局通常达不到指定的期限，然后等激进团体和其他人士起诉，再同意通过协议确定指定时间表。”他在以前的工作中对环境保护局发起十几次起诉。