EPA Nominee Wheeler Defends Rollbacks While Pressed on Climate
- President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the EPA, Andrew Wheeler, defended his efforts to ease environmental regulations in a confirmation hearing Wednesday, amid fierce criticism from Senate Democrats insisting he is leading a dangerous U.S. retreat from the fight against climate change. Wheeler, a former energy lobbyist who has served as acting administrator for six months, did not mention global warming in his opening remarks to the Environment and Public Works Committee, instead touting agency deregulatory efforts he said would spare ...
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