"In some ways, Andrew Wheeler — former Environmental Protection Agency career staffer, Republican Senate aide, energy lobbyist — could hardly be more different from the man he is replacing as head of the EPA.
Where Scott Pruitt was a career politician who enjoyed the limelight, Wheeler has worked behind the scenes on energy and environmental law. Pruitt filled his time at the agency by traveling the country, speaking to groups of industry executives and praising President Trump. As the EPA’s deputy administrator, Wheeler has spent much of his short tenure meeting with career staffers and delving into the policy weeds at the agency’s headquarters.
But this much is clear: Wheeler intends to pursue many of the regulatory rollbacks Pruitt put in motion and to carry out Trump’s promises of a more efficient, less powerful EPA. A day after the president asked for Pruitt’s resignation amid a flurry of ethics scandals, the EPA’s acting administrator spoke with The Washington Post about what comes next."
Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin report for the Washington Post July 6, 2018.
SEE ALSO:
"New EPA Chief on Collision Course Over Conflicts of Interest" (Bloomberg)
"EPA’s New Boss Unlikely To Change Trump Environmental Policy" (AP)
"EPA Interim Chief Lobbied For Company Seeking EPA Contracts" (CNN)
"Here's Why Environmental Groups Aren't Celebrating Pruitt's Departure" (Pacific Standard)
"Shift at EPA Shows Technocrats Are Replacing Big-Personality Cabinet Members" (Washington Post)
"6 Ways EPA's New Leader, a Former Coal Lobbyist, Could Shape Climate Policy" (InsideClimate News)
"Energy Industry Sees Brighter Future Without Pruitt" (EnergyWire)
"Andrew Wheeler: 'Point Man For Trump' Focused On Undoing Obama's EPA Agenda" (Guardian)
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