Pruitt told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” in 2017 that humans were not a “primary contributor to the global warming that we see.”
That appearance led to a separate FOIA request from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, seeking the studies Pruitt used to make his claims. The EPA also fought that request, but a U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ultimately ordered the agency to produce scientific evidence to support the claim.”