Tear down everything

Pruitt’s departure on Sunday was planned, his spokesman Lincoln Ferguson said, and “senior staff” at the agency would remain part of the two-day meeting, which continued on Monday.

His absence was noticed by the other G7 members, which are Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Delegates “did express their disappointment and regret” with Pruitt’s departure, Nick Robins, the co-director of the United Nations Environment Inquiry, told CNN.

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