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Who is Andrew Wheeler, the ex-coal lobbyist who will become the acting administrator of the EPA.
ABC "News" ^
| Jul 5, 2018, 6:49 PM ET
| SOO RIN KIM
Posted on 07/05/2018 6:27:22 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Environmental Protection Agency deputy administrator Andrew Wheeler will assume duties as the acting administrator on Monday in the wake of Scott Pruitt's resignation as agency chief, according to President Donald Trump's tweet on Thursday.
Wheeler, who joined the EPA as the agency's number two in April, has been a subject of controversy connected to his past as a strong ally of the coal and energy industry.
Most recently, Wheeler was a principal at Faegre Baker Daniels consulting firm, where he represented several fossil fuel clients, including Murray Energy, federal lobbying disclosure reports show.
Murray Energy's CEO, Bob Murray, who has been photographed with Wheeler and Energy Department Secretary Rick Perry at a meeting, has been publicly denied the impact of climate change and has said that carbon dioxide, which the EPA lists as the primary greenhouse gas, is not a pollutant.
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KEYWORDS: andrewwheeler; trumpcabinet; trumpepa; winning
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A former coal lobbyist. More winning!
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Heh, heh. Having Donald Trump as President is like having Christmas presents every day!
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:29:31 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Coal lobbyist?!
Out of the frying pan, into the fire, suckas.
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:30:25 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(President Trump divides Americans . . . from anti-Americans.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
If he were a former lobbyist for the Sierra Club, ABC would be fine with that.
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:34:35 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Monsters from the Id.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Clean, low cost, beautiful coal to power America.
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:34:59 PM PDT
by
bray
(Pray for President Trump)
To: bray
Pruitt was perfect for the job but an idiot. Reminds me of Sununu and the postage stamps.
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:38:17 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Sounds like a Patriot to me, Hope I am Right.
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:42:40 PM PDT
by
TexasTransplant
(Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Hahahahahahahahaha this is great
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:44:56 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 1)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
As they say, be careful what you wish for.
They got rid of Pruitt and now THIS. LOL
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:45:21 PM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Kickass Conservative
Stoke that boiler Boy... we are making America Great Again!
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:47:32 PM PDT
by
wetgundog
(Mainstream Media, Lying Liars Lying.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Who is Andrew Wheeler, the ex-coal lobbyist who will become the acting administrator of the EPA?
A worse nightmare to the left than Scott Pruitt!!
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posted on
07/05/2018 6:59:38 PM PDT
by
DarthVader
("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
To: DarthVader
I don’t know why they are so upset. CO2 kept going up when Obama was president.
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posted on
07/05/2018 7:03:35 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Coal lobbyist?! Out of the frying pan, into the fire, suckas.
Yeah, I'll bet that rained a bit on that tattooed skank teacher's victory parade this afternoon. Hey, she literally asked for it.
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posted on
07/05/2018 7:14:23 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: ConservativeMind
Exactly - Merry Christmas! It’s finally nice to have deputies who are no longer Hussein holdovers. A former coal lobbyist sounds like my kind of guy.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I hope he horrifies them even more than Pruitt, so they learn: if you bully a Trump appointee into quitting, you’ll get someone worse than before.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
There is NO GLOBAL WARMING!~! ZERO!! It is a hopax to take your stuff and give it to poor countrified!!
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posted on
07/05/2018 7:28:45 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He is also the author of a country song, “Your coal, coal heart.”
To: raiderboy
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posted on
07/05/2018 7:35:22 PM PDT
by
raiderboy
(Trump has assured us that he will shut down the government to get the WALL in Sept.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
This new guy had better NOT RECUSE HIMSELF from decisions on and management of changes to the regulations regarding navigable waters and the endangerment finding regarding CO2 emissions.
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posted on
07/05/2018 8:05:05 PM PDT
by
House Atreides
(BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
To: DIRTYSECRET
I agree completely. When you ask for a police escort to get to dinner quicker, you have become the swamp. What he did was fantastic, but my gosh he seems to have had a tin ear.
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