“The biblical world view with respect to these issues is that we have a responsibility to manage and cultivate, harvest the natural resources that we've been blessed with to truly bless our fellow mankind.”

American attorney, lobbyist and Republican politician, born 1968

Edward Scott Pruitt is an American attorney, lobbyist, and Republican politician from Oklahoma. Born in 1968, he is best known for serving as the 14th administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from 2017 to 2018, during Donald Trump’s presidency. Pruitt’s public profile is tied to conservative politics and environmental policy. He has been a prominent skeptic of the scientific consensus on climate change, and he resigned from the EPA while facing multiple federal investigations.