Former EPA whistle-blower laments the ‘Trump Administration’s Likely Unwillingness to End the Climate Scam’
http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/4516 The Trump Administration’s Likely Unwillingness to End the Climate Scam Alan Carlin | July 13, 2018 It has become evident that the Pruitt EPA did not want to challenge the scientific climate “consensus,” either because they did not think that they could win the ensuing battle or because they wanted to avoid angering voters […]
Meet the new second in command at EPA — Henry Darwin
https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/2018/07/12/stories/1060088925 By Kevin Bogardus, E&E News reporter A former Arizona state official brought to EPA by Scott Pruitt to streamline agency operations got a promotion yesterday in the wake of the embattled administrator’s departure. Henry Darwin is taking on the duties of deputy administrator at EPA. Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced Darwin’s move up yesterday […]
Yikes! Claim: EPA will now take ‘a less confrontational stance on climate science’ – ‘Pave the way for more constructive conversation’ to ‘address the threats of climate change’
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2018/0711/From-new-leadership-to-Clean-Power-Plan-subtle-shifts-ripple-through-EPA By Amanda Paulson Staff writer Mark Trumbull Staff writer BOULDER, COLO.; AND WASHINGTON The sudden resignation of Scott Pruitt from the Environmental Protection Agency, following months of ethics investigations and allegations of misbehavior, has prompted a flurry of speculation about where his successor might lead the agency. The new acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, while not promising any […]
Former aide to Inhofe, a skeptic, to oversee first CO2 rules
Via: https://www.eenews.net/climatewire/2018/07/10/stories/1060088631 By Niina Heikkinen and Benjamin Storrow, E&E News reporters Published: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, is likely to become the first EPA administrator to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. But few expect him to sign off on a rule that closes coal plants and reduces carbon emissions. One […]
Myron Ebell: Andrew Wheeler keeps low profile at the Environmental Protection Agency
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/07/08/andrew-wheeler-keeps-low-profile-epa-editorials-debates/766490002/ By Myron Ebell The new acting administrator, Andrew Wheeler, is fully committed to the president’s agenda: Opposing view (Photo: Alex Edelman/AP) CONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMORE Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt was driven from office by a steady drumbeat of allegations of personal misconduct. Now that this orchestrated campaign has succeeded, environmental groups hope his departure will […]
Acting EPA chief promises ‘change in tone,’ new emphasis on transparency
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/396173-new-epa-chief-promises-change-in-tone-new-emphasis-on-transparency By BY TIMOTHY CAMA – 07/09/18 04:40 PM EDT The acting head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is promising to improve how the agency communicates with the public and the media, with a new focus on agency transparency. John Konkus, the top spokesman for acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, said in a statement […]
Counter UN climate report: ‘3,000 pages, 10,000 footnotes say don’t blame mankind’
http://www.wnd.com/2018/06/scott-pruitt-heres-evidence-backing-your-global-warming-statement/ Excerpt: Extensive “Climate Change Reconsidered” series of reports to Pruitt, totaling more than 3,000 pages. A letter accompanying reports, which contain some 10,000 footnotes, explained the evidence could be used to respond to the judge’s demand. Heartland’s president, former congressman Tim Huelskamp, explained to Pruitt: “We have no doubt that PEER, with the assistance of […]
‘Brave new world’ as team Inhofe takes over at EPA
Via:https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060088035 It’s official: Alumni of the best-known climate skeptic in Congress are leading EPA. Former aides to Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) have helped shape President Trump’s energy policy agenda since even before he was elected. Many of them quickly landed top spots at EPA and in the White House, and Inhofe alumnus Ryan Jackson helped […]
EPA’s ‘Andrew Wheeler will not only continue Pruitt’s deregulation agenda, but will be much more effective at it’
http://www.cfact.org/2018/07/08/who-is-epas-andrew-wheeler/ by Jason Hopkins, Scott Pruitt’s departure leaves Andrew Wheeler as the acting administrator of the EPA for the foreseeable future, with much speculation as to how the former lobbyist and lawyer will run the agency. Wheeler, the current deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will now serve as acting administrator following President Donald Trump’s […]
Delingpole: Pruitt Is Gone, but Trump Is Still Winning the Energy Wars
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/07/07/pruitt-gone-trump-winning-energy-wars/ By James Delingpole Hollywood’s whoopings and ululations over the departure of Scott Pruitt tell you all you need to know. This was never about saving the environment. It was about desperate, vengeful progressives claiming a political scalp as their peevish sop to console themselves for their despair that Donald Trump is #winning. It’s a […]