Andrew Wheeler has been a paper pusher most of his life. He knows little to nothing about the science of air quality. He understands a bureaucracy and how it works and the one he is leading now was primarily created by him.
The most important standards regarding air quality are the NAAQS Table (click here). With that scientists involved with advocacy groups need to review the exist table and be sure it continues to be a valid measure of high quality breathable air in the USA.
Secretary Wheeler will probably be receptive to information coming from the American people. I would encourage all those concerned about air quality and COMPLIANCE with air quality standards to write to him and be specific as to the failings of any standard not fully implemented or enforced.
The same would hold true with water quality, however, Secretary Wheeler is a coal lobbyist and he is the one that would seek to weaken air quality to allow for dangerous emissions that cause acid rain and of course greenhouse gases currently emitted at higher amounts under Trump.
While I would expect Secretary Wheeler to be a good listener, the real issue is being sure compliance and enforcement of CORRECT air quality standards are at work.
