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Sierra Club Statement: Wheeler is nothing more than Scott Pruitt with a new coat of lead paint

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing to examine the nomination of Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to be EPA Administrator.

Sierra Club Statement: Senate Should Reject Andrew Wheeler’s Nomination

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing to examine the nomination of Acting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler to be EPA Administrator.

ICYMI: Wheeler Does Not Belong at EPA

Putting a coal lobbyist like Andrew Wheeler in charge of the EPA is like giving a bank robber the keys to the vault, making Tony Soprano the head of the FBI, hiring Palpatine to run the Galactic Senate, or putting the Hamburglar in charge of McDonalds. The fox in the hen house analogies are endless here, but so is Wheeler’s ability to rollback vital safeguards to our air, water, and climate and put our environment and health at risk should he remain in the top spot at the EPA. Wheeler isn’t just friendly with corporate polluters; he’s been on their team for years.

Sierra Club Statement on DOI and EPA Funding Bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the House passed HR 266 which would fund the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of the Interior (DOI) through September 30, 2019. During Donald Trump’s government shutdown the EPA has stopped drinking water system inspection, power plant inspection, chemical facility inspection, superfund cleanup , inspections of hazardous waste management sites and chemical facilities, reviews of pesticides, and processing Freedom of Information Act requests (FOIA).

ICYMI: Like the Superfund sites left sitting uncleaned, Wheeler's priorities are toxic

Yesterday, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso announced the hearing for coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s nomination for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency would be held on January 16, likely landing amid the continued government shutdown. Wheeler is angling for a promotion while his employees at the EPA aren’t even getting paid.

Holding Wheeler Nomination Hearing During Shutdown Is Insult and Threat to Public

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This afternoon, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John Barrasso announced the hearing for coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler’s nomination for Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency would be held on January 16, likely landing amid the continued government shutdown.

Sierra Club Statement: The Senate Must Reject Andrew Wheeler

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump officially nominated Acting EPA Administrator and coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler to head the EPA. This nomination will need to be confirmed by the Senate. In his first 100 days as Acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler took action to harm public health and the environment on average every three days. Meanwhile, a pending FOIA lawsuit is expected to reveal more of Wheeler’s emails which could reveal further managerial and ethical lapses.

ICYMI: EPA attacks drinking water for 1/3 of Americans -- and then pushes lies about it

Yesterday, coal lobbyist and acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler once again bowed to the whims of corporate polluters by rolling back the Waters of the U.S (WOTUS) safeguards, attacking the drinking water of 117 million people -- roughly ⅓ of all Americans.

ICYMI: Wheeler Met With Polluters After Taking Acting Administrator Position

According to former coal lobbyist and acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s schedule, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by E&E, he met with several polluters in his first month. These included executives for the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, BP America, Delta Air Lines and Valero Energy Corp.

Wheeler Takes Credit For Pollution Reductions While Dismissing Climate Assessment

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in an interview with Washington Post Reporter Juliet Eilperin, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, after admitting to not reading the entire National Climate Assessment even though his own agency played a key role in drafting it. He dismissed the assessment, wrongly implying the data is political, while taking credit for pollution reductions resulting from Obama administration policies. Wheeler’s EPA has rolled back carbon pollution protections, including repealing the Clean Power Plan and a gutting methane safeguards. Since he became Acting Administrator, Wheeler has taken action that harms public health on average of every three days.

Sierra Club Statement: Andrew Wheeler Should Not Be Confirmed As EPA Administrator

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Donald Trump announced he is nominating Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler to head the EPA. This nomination will need to be confirmed by the Senate. In his first 100 days as Acting EPA Administrator, Andrew Wheeler took action to harm public health and the environment on average every three days.

ICYMI: At Fracking Convention, Wheeler Gives Polluters the OK to Pollute

Today in his speech at the “Shale Insight Convention” in Pittsburgh, while touting the 28 environmental rollbacks taken since Trump took office, Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told fracking corporations that “Methane is valuable. It is your main product not a byproduct, or perhaps the Sierra Club does understand that and they're trying to do to you what they did to the coal industry.” Among other notable speakers was Andree Griffin, the Vice President Geology and Geophysics at Exxonmobil/XTO Energy.