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Dec 8, 2016

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, December 8, 2016

Trump has chosen Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt, as the new director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is a friend of the fossil fuel industry and a skeptic about human-caused climate change. We take a look at his background in Oklahoma. Plus, we’ll interview Starbucks’ outgoing CEO, Howard Schultz, about the company’s shift in power and its pursuit of the high-end coffee market.

Marketplace Morning Report for Thursday, December 8, 2016
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Trump has chosen Oklahoma’s attorney general, Scott Pruitt, as the new director of the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is a friend of the fossil fuel industry and a skeptic about human-caused climate change. We take a look at his background in Oklahoma. Plus, we’ll interview Starbucks’ outgoing CEO, Howard Schultz, about the company’s shift in power and its pursuit of the high-end coffee market.