WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, President Trump said that âMaybe he won't be so acting so longâ 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 Wheelerâs 100th day as head of the Agency, the EPA subtly changed his title from âActing Administratorâ to âAdministrator.â 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 Houseâs inaction to solve the climate crisis.
We already knew acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler had some problematic likes and comments on social media (tweeting âMilo Trutherâ conspiracy tweets, tweeting an implication that South Korean musician PSY and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un are the same person, etc.) but the tweets, likes and comments uncovered by the Huffington Post today, are a new low.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In celebration of Childrenâs Health Day today, former coal lobbyist and acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler held an event at the EPA courtyard. At the event, Wheeler was asked by reporters about the EPAâs recent rollbacks to the clean car standards and the Clean Power Plan. Wheelerâs response denied the negative impacts the rollbacks of both these safeguards will have on our health.
WASHINGTON, DC â As North Carolina communities grapple with the pollution from industrial pig, chicken, and turkey operations that flooded during Hurricane Florence, community groups and an allied national coalition filed a legal complaint in federal court late Friday challenging a Trump administration policy that unlawfully exempts industrial animal feeding operations from having to report toxic pollution under a federal emergency planning and right-t
Today, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed a lawsuit claiming the Chicago Trump Tower is violating the Clean Water Act.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, at his hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee, acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler confirmed that he will continue Donald Trump and former EPA administrator Scott Pruittâs attacks on clean air, clean water, and climate action. Wheeler did not mention any new safeguards or actions that will further reduce air or water pollution, but he did mention several rollbacks that will increase pollution. Wheeler has already rolled back protections from coal ash.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, EPA Air Chief Bill Wehrum told reporters that it is âtotally wrongâ to think that limits on air pollution should always be a strict as possible.
Tomorrow, coal lobbyist, Scott Pruitt deputy, and current Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler will face the Senate Environment and Public Works committee as new questions swirl about his relationships with corporate polluters and whether he can fulfill the opaque promises of transparency heâs making to the media. Yet, after just a short month in his interim role it's so far, not so good for Wheeler. Reality is failing to match the rhetoric he is peddling to EPA staff, to the Senate, to the media, and to the American public.