Stop Coal-Lobbyist Bigot Andrew Wheeler From Taking Over The EPA

Andrew Wheeler is a denier of the scientific consensus on climate change and a lobbyist for the coal industry. Before his appointment as Environmental Protection Agency assistant administrator, he held fundraisers for Wheeler hosted campaign fundraisers for top climate-denying Republican Senators John Barrasso and Jim Inhofe, both members of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works — the committee that voted on his nomination.

That same committee is now considering whether to confirm Wheeler to replace corrupt climate denier Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator. Pruitt left under a smoggy cloud of scandal—we need to prevent the cycle from continuing by stopping Wheeler.

Wheeler's lobbying clients have included Murray Energy, the largest privately owned U.S. coal company, as well as Xcel Energy, a giant coal-fired utility group. Before that, he spent 14 years as a staffer for Inhofe.

Before joining Trump's EPA, Wheeler spent time in between lobbying for polluters on social media, liking a racist image of former President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Facebook and retweeting infamous “Pizzagate” conspiracy theorist Jack Posobiec.

As acting EPA chief, Wheeler is already rolling back rules on toxic coal ash and mercury pollution. We need to tell our U.S. Senators: stop Wheeler!