Pelosi: Pruitt's successor even more focused on advancing 'the toxic Trump agenda'
By Mike Lillis - 07/05/18 06:34 PM EDT
While many Democrats are cheering the imminent departure of embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) head Scott Pruitt, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is warning that his successor, in her view, will be worse.
Pruitt, who will step down on Friday amid a string of escalating scandals surrounding his management of the agency, will be replaced temporarily by Deputy EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who’s long fought to roll back environmental protections governing the fossil fuels industry.
Pelosi, a staunch environmentalist, suggested Wheeler will prove more effective than Pruitt when it comes to deregulating environmental safeguards — a dynamic she says will only heighten the threat to clean air, clean water and other public safety concerns governed by the EPA.
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