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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, President Trump said that “Maybe he won't be so acting so long” in regards to Andrew Wheeler after complimenting his job performance. As acting EPA Administrator, from rollbacks of major clean air safeguards, to meeting with Big polluters, to misleading and inaccurate statements, Wheeler has moved to harm public health every three days.
Today, the Huffington Post reported that fossil fuel lobbyist and current EPA air boss Bill Wehrum was visiting with Hunton Andrews Kurth, the fossil fuel lobbying firm that previously employed him, just one month after starting at EPA.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, on acting EPA Administrator Wheeler’s 100th day as head of the Agency, the EPA subtly changed his title from “Acting Administrator” to “Administrator.” This comes despite Wheeler not having yet been formally nominated or confirmed to the position by the Senate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today marks 100 days since Andrew Wheeler took the reigns as acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator. On average since accepting the position, Wheeler has made decisions to attack public health, clean air and water, and our climate every three days.
From the IPCC report warnings that we only have a little more than a decade left to act to avoid the most catastrophic effects of the climate crisis, to the historic force of Hurricane Michael, to the Trump Administration increasing pollution despite knowing of the catastrophic impacts of climate disruption, to acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheelers highly problematic social media posts, Sarah Huckabee Sanders needs to answer for the White House’s inaction to solve the climate crisis.