Pawn of oil industry

I was having a fairly pleasant afternoon until I discovered the interview with Scott Pruitt in the Perspective section last Sunday. What a way to ruin a day! This was filled with Pruitt’s ill-concealed rationales for his environment-destroying agenda. So it’s all about states’ rights and overreaching by the federal government? The problem we face is called global warming and must be handled by all countries working together. Unfortunately, it has become abundantly clear that no one in the Trump administration knows how to work with another country; they just know how to alienate them.

After the inauguration the administration muzzled the EPA for a time and then eliminated references to climate change on its website. Let me make this very clear: Scott Pruitt is the puppet, pawn, lackey, sycophant and creature of the oil and gas industry. We must move forward with wind and solar energy in order to help heal our planet and leave a habitable space for our children. It is sad that some oil and gas workers may lose jobs, but I personally had to reinvent myself at least three times in order to raise children as a single parent. It can be done; sometimes personal sacrifice is necessary.

The Sierra Club, Ocean Conservancy, Greenpeace and other groups always welcome new members. CATHERINE LAMB

Little Rock