Mercury poisoning in Iowa can lead to asthma attacks, permanent brain damage and premature death, but EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler doesn’t care. He is rolling back the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards that keep us safe from mercury pollution. We can’t count on him to protect Iowa kids’ right to a healthy future. This is unacceptable. It’s Senator Ernst’s job to keep us safe – but she just voted to confirm Wheeler to permanently lead the EPA.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler is an ex-coal lobbyist. If his confirmation proceedings taught us anything, it’s that there’s no length he wouldn’t go to give his polluter cronies a leg up – at the expense of our health and safety. As Acting Administrator, he moved to roll back critical mercury pollution and clean vehicle standards and stopped at nothing to smother facts and silence his own scientists.
Bottom line: Andrew Wheeler will put us in danger. He is unfit to lead the EPA, and Sen. Ernst’s vote to confirm him was a vote against Iowans’ health and safety.
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Call Senator Ernst and let her know that her vote for Wheeler was a vote against Iowa families. Type your phone number into the box and you’ll receive a call from us. We’ll make sure you know what to say and then we’ll connect you to your senator – make sure to tell her that Andrew Wheeler is the wrong person to lead the EPA.
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"Hi, my name is ________ and I'm calling from _________.
Sen. Ernst's vote for Andrew Wheeler was a vote against Coloradans’ health and safety. Instead of doing his job to protect our health and security, Andrew Wheeler has already proven he’ll continue Scott Pruitt’s legacy of putting polluters first at the EPA. "
As a former coal lobbyist, he has put his polluter friends' interests over Colorado families, such as by allowing for more mercury and toxic pollution from coal plants. He has also allowed more dangerous toxic chemicals, such as PFAS, into our drinking water. All of this makes big polluters richer and Colorado families more in danger.
Senator Ernst failed to stand up for Colorado in his vote for Andrew Wheeler.
Thanks for taking my call."