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.
We already knew acting EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler had some problematic likes and comments on social media (tweeting “Milo Truther” 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 Children’s 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 EPA’s recent rollbacks to the clean car standards and the Clean Power Plan. Wheeler’s response denied the negative impacts the rollbacks of both these safeguards will have on our health.
WASHINGTON, DC – 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 Pruitt’s 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.