Sigh — Trump’s EPA pick Wheeler says ‘climate change’ is a ‘huge issue’ & he is concerned at an ‘8 or 9’ level on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being highest concern)
https://earther.gizmodo.com/incoming-epa-chief-andrew-wheelers-opinions-on-climate-1831809432 Incoming EPA Chief Andrew Wheeler’s Opinions on Climate Change Are a Mess By Brian Kahn Excerpt: After listing a litany of climate change impacts, Oregon Senator Jeff Merkeley asked Wheeler to rate how concerned he is about climate change on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being so worried it keeps you up at […]
Mother Jones: ‘EPA Nominee Wheeler Wasn’t Ready for Senate’s Questions on Climate Change’
https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2019/01/epa-nominee-andrew-wheeler-confirmation-senate-climate-change-bernie-sanders-green-new-deal/ He blamed the shutdown for his lack of preparation. By REBECCA LEBER It was clear about halfway through Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing to lead the Environmental Protection Agency that he wasn’t prepared for the number of questions he was getting on climate change. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) asked Wheeler on Wednesday whether he agreed […]
Winning! Warmists write at CNN: ‘EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler is even worse than Scott Pruitt’
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/15/opinions/andrew-wheeler-bad-choice-epa-kimmell/index.html By Ken Kimmel, the president of the Union of Concerned Scientists, a nonprofit science advocacy organization. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion on CNN. (CNN)When Scott Pruitt stepped down as the Environmental Protection Agency administrator and his deputy Andrew Wheeler took over as acting administrator, many of us […]
WATCH LIVE: EPA nominee Andrew Wheeler’s confirmation hearing
EPA’s Andrew Wheeler opening statement excerpts: ‘Trump Admin is proving that burdensome federal regulations are not necessary to drive environmental progress’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-acting-epa-boss-deregulation-champion-60417046 A top Senate Democrat is describing President Donald Trump‘s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection Agency as “just as extreme” as his predecessor. Watch Now 1.00 Who is Andrew Wheeler? Acting EPA chief Andrew Wheeler is appearing Wednesday before a Senate committee considering his nomination to head the agency. Democratic Sen. Tom Carper told […]
EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Will Soon Face The Toughest Congressional Hearing Of His Life
EPA’s Andrew Wheeler Will Soon Face The Toughest Congressional Hearing Of His Life https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/14/epa-andrew-wheeler-confirmation-hearing/ ‘It is profoundly unfair’ — gReader Pro
Prodding Trump’s EPA to reexamine Endangerment
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/01/07/prodding-trumps-epa-to-reexamine-endangerment/ Use external pressure to overcome Administration inertia on reviewing Endangerment Finding William L. Kovacs Campaign rhetoric strongly suggested that the Trump Administration would redress the Obama Administration’s insane attempts to regulate every aspect of society in a futile attempt to control nature and climate. President Trump withdrew from the Paris Accord, initiated repeal of […]
ENVIROS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN AGAINST TRUMP’S PICK WHEELER TO REPLACE SCOTT PRUITT AT EPA
https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/07/trump-scott-pruitt-epa/ BY MICHAEL BASTASCH Environmentalists kicked off the new year with a campaign to derail the nomination of Andrew Wheeler, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Make no mistake — to protect our health, planet, economy, and national security we must #StopWheeler from being permanently confirmed as @EPA administrator,” the Sierra […]
EPA to replace Obama coal-plant rule requiring costly technology capturing CO2 emissions
https://www.axios.com/epa-set-to-replace-obama-coal-plant-rule-91f153e2-1808-4303-bcc6-94d4a493eb6a.html By Amy Harder The Environmental Protection Agency is set to announce Thursday it is weakening an Obama-era rule that had required costly technology capturing carbon dioxide emissions on new coal plants, according to multiple people familiar with the news. Why it matters: This is the latest regulatory rollback effort by President Trump in his attempt […]
Climate Cowards: How the Trump Administration Flubbed the Fed Climate Report
http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/4698 By Alan Carlin | November 30, 2018 Last Friday the Trump Administration published the latest in a series of reports mandated by Congress called the National Climate Assessment. Like most anything concerning climate change, the report was primarily political in intent. The report emphasized all the allegedly adverse effects that climate change would supposedly […]