This is what the Trump administration calls qualified. A man that can write the law differently to enhance profits and place the responsibility for clean air and water in the hands of each American.
One of the reasons Americans have a federal government is to carry out such high level decisions regarding protection of their health and well being.
Trump, in every instance I can see, has erased morality and conscience from the demands of his cabinet. This is a prime example.
Andrew Wheeler has worked in government most of his career with many years spent as counsel to Jim Inhofe. Don't expect much in the way of caring about Americans' health or any inkling of humanity. I won't happen.
Nixon created the US EPA. Now, Trump wants to destroy it.
16 November 2018By Kevin Breuninger and Tom DeChristopher
Andrew Wheeler (click here) will be nominated to permanently lead the Environmental Protection Agency, President Donald Trump said Friday.
Wheeler, 53, has served as the acting head of the EPA since his predecessor, former Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, resigned under a cloud of ethics investigations in July.
Trump made the announcement at the White House while welcoming various administration officials before awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to seven people.
Trump introduced Wheeler as the "acting administrator who, I will tell you, is going to be made permanent. He's done a fantastic job, and I want to congratulate him."...
