{"id":1003326,"date":"2019-01-09T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T22:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003326"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:11:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:11:08","slug":"4-ways-wheeler-would-be-a-disaster-as-epa-administrator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4-ways-wheeler-would-be-a-disaster-as-epa-administrator\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Ways Wheeler Would Be A Disaster As EPA Administrator"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today Trump officially nominated Andrew Wheeler as his next EPA administrator. Here are a few of the many reasons why he would be a disaster as head of the EPA:<\/p>\n

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    Wheeler once served as the right-hand man to Washington\u2019s most prominent climate denier.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    New York Times<\/a>: “Mr. Wheeler has worked in Washington for more than 20 years. He is a former chief of staff to Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, the conservative Republican who has become known as Washington\u2019s most prominent denialist of the established science of human-caused climate change.”<\/p>\n

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      Wheeler is a former lobbyist who built his career around regulatory rollbacks that benefit the fossil fuel industry.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      New York Times<\/a>: “His career was built around quietly and incrementally advancing the interests of the fossil-fuel industry, chiefly by weakening or delaying federal regulations. Mr. Wheeler has worked in Washington for more than 20 years.”<\/p>\n

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        Even after joining the EPA, Wheeler continued to meet with clients he previously lobbied for.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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        Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cSince joining the EPA on April 20, Wheeler has met with multiple organizations and businesses that retained him in his capacity as a principal at Faegre Baker Daniels. The list includes biodiesel producer Darling Ingredients; agriculture giant Archer Daniels Midland and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, all of which ended their financial relationship with Wheeler\u2019s firm before April 2016.\u201d<\/p>\n

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          Wheeler\u2019s EPA has already pushed proposals to benefit the coal industry at the expense of the climate and public health.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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          New York Times<\/a>: “E.P.A. Will Ease Path To New Coal Plants.”<\/p>\n

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          New York Times<\/a>: “New E.P.A. Plan Could Free Coal Plants To Release More Mercury Into The Air.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          Today Trump officially nominated Andrew Wheeler as his next EPA administrator. Here are a few of the many reasons why he would be a disaster as head of the EPA: Wheeler once served as the right-hand man to Washington\u2019s most prominent climate denier.   New York Times: “Mr. Wheeler has worked in Washington for more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n4 Ways Wheeler Would Be A Disaster As EPA Administrator - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4-ways-wheeler-would-be-a-disaster-as-epa-administrator\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-09T22:04:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:11:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4-ways-wheeler-would-be-a-disaster-as-epa-administrator\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/4-ways-wheeler-would-be-a-disaster-as-epa-administrator\/\",\"name\":\"4 Ways Wheeler Would Be A Disaster As EPA Administrator - 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