ANDREW WHEELER
Administrator
2018-2021
ACTING EPA ADMINISTRATOR SAYS ADMINISTRATION DESERVES CREDIT FOR DECLINE IN CARBON EMISSIONS IN WAKE OF CLIMATE REPORT
November 28, 2018
Asked to name three EPA policies that are contributing to cleaner air, Wheeler struggled to answer.
"I'm not sure I'm going to be able to give three off the top of my head," he said.
Of the three he listed, two are proposed regulations that would dial-back back Obama-era rules that aimed to reduce pollution.
EPA POLITICAL APPOINTEES VIOLATE SCIENCE INTEGRITY RULES
January 19, 2020
It charges that Administrator Andrew Wheeler, Assistant Administrator David Ross, General Counsel Matt Leopold, Principal Deputy General Counsel David Fotoui, Senior Science Advisor Owen McDonough, and other top officials in EPA’s Office of Water, took direct action to prevent the agency’s best scientific research and its experts from contributing to the new definition of waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) in blatant violation of EPA’s Scientific Integrity Policy by –
Directing expert staff to refrain from submitting comments that could be part of the formal administrative record;
Blocking use of scientific information to inform policy; and
Publicly mischaracterized scientific content.
WHEELER UNVEILS FINAL RULE TO LIMIT AGENCY'S USE OF SCIENCE
January 5, 2021
The agency today announced its final Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science action, which critics say aims to weaken future air pollution and water regulations by limiting the use of research that relies on medical records or other private data.
It's a long-standing Republican idea that the Trump EPA has worked on for years, even in the face of overwhelming criticism from public health and environmental experts.
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has continually hyped the rule as a way to "prioritize transparency" and "increase opportunities" for public involvement.
TRUMP’S EPA TEAM OVERRULES CAREER SCIENTISTS ON TOXIC CHEMICAL
These latest moves come after EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week finalized a sweeping regulation limiting the agency’s ability to rely on scientific studies that don’t make all of their underlying data public – a requirement that public health advocates say will make it harder for the agency to use research on the health effects of toxic chemicals on humans.
January 13, 2021