Wheeler replaces Pruitt as EPA chief, climate denial, fossil fuel support continue apace
By feedback@highgearmedia.com (Eric C. Evarts) Following an 18-month tenure filled with a cascade of scandals, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday. President Donald Trump acknowledged Pruitt’s resignation in a tweet and announced that EPA Deputy Administrator Andrew Wheeler will run the agency in the interim, starting Monday. Pruitt was known most for his denial of …read more