‘…Pruitt, 48, a staunch ally of the fossil fuel industry, has taken a lead nationally in resisting Obama\u2019s environmental agenda. He is an architect of the multi-state legal effort to block the administration\u2019s sweeping national mandates for cleaner-burning power plants, a linchpin of\u00c2\u00a0its program\u00c2\u00a0to combat global warming.’<\/p>\n