Trump Nominates Coal Lobbyist for Number Two EPA Job

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By Climate NexusOct 6, 2017, 9:24 am80 pts
The White House announced Thursday that President Trump has officially nominated coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler for the deputy administrator position at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ). Before becoming a lobbyist in 2009, Wheeler served as a congressional aide to prominent climate-denying (and…

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