"In an article last Friday, E&E News took a tour through the swamp. The organization of 75 reporters and editors focusing on energy and the environment zeroed in on possible ethical conflicts facing acting Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler. The topic is hot, considering that President Trump has nominated Wheeler as the EPA’s permanent director; his nomination just secured the approval of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and is headed to the full Senate for a vote.
“Wheeler’s ex-firm lobbied agency on efforts he oversees,” reads the headline on the Feb. 1 story by reporter Corbin Hiar. The story’s lead sentence lays out the troubles inherited by a government official who once worked as a lobbyist: “A former colleague of acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler repeatedly met with top EPA officials about toxic waste sites and regulations that Wheeler now controls, newly released emails show."
The EPA press office found cause to play media critic: “E&E Publishes Hogwash Misleading Story,” reads the title of a Friday press release."
Erik Wemple reports for the Washington Post February 5, 2019.
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