The official replacement for Scott Pruitt has continued his predecessor’s plans to roll back environmental rules.
The EPA under Wheeler has also continued to fill its science advisory boards with controversial figures, includingThe agency has also been slow to enforce environmental rules under Trump, according to a review by the watchdog group Environmental Integrity Project, including completing fewer inspections and evaluations, cutting enforcement staff, opening fewer criminal cases, and referring fewer civil cases to the Department of Justice compared to the Obama administration.
because “the policies he has supported as Acting Administrator are not in the best interest of our environment and public health, particularly given the threat of climate change to our nation.” In response to climate questions at his confirmation hearing in January, Wheeler said: “I would not call it the greatest crisis” but added: “I would call it a huge issue that needs to be addressed globally.”
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