Photo: Eric Vance, Photographer, United States Environmental Protection Agency / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Scott Pruitt is a figure I find genuinely uncomfortable, and I think that discomfort is the honest response. A Kentucky-born lawyer who rose to run the Environmental Protection Agency, he is best remembered for doubting the very climate science his office was meant to act on, and for resigning amid a stack of federal investigations. Power without stewardship is the theme I read in his story. He was influential enough to land on Time's list, yet influence and integrity are not the same currency. I keep his entry not to celebrate it but to remember the question it poses: what does someone leave behind once they finally hold the chair they wanted?
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Scott Pruitt
- Name (Japanese)
- スコット・プルイット
- Reading
- すこっと・ぷるいっと
- Born
- May 9, 1968 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Monkey
- Origin
- Danville, Kentucky, United States
- Occupation
- lawyer / politician
2. Background
- University
- University of Tulsa
Awards & achievements
- 2017 Nature's 10
- 2018 Time 100
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Scott Pruitt born?
Born May 9, 1968 (age 58).
Where is Scott Pruitt from?
Scott Pruitt is from Danville, Kentucky, United States.
What does Scott Pruitt do?
Scott Pruitt works as lawyer, politician.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.