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Related: About this forumFormer Trump EPA boss and coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Gets New Job In Youngkin Administration
I'm going to get stuck paying has salary after all. Maybe he can be Secretary of the Washington Redskins.
Former Trump EPA boss Andrew Wheeler will join the Youngkin administration as a senior advisor, despite Democratic lawmakers blocking his confirmation as secretary of natural and historic resources last month. https://dcist.com/story/22/03/15/wheeler-youngkin-administration/
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MAR 15, 3:34 PM
Andrew Wheeler Gets New Job In Youngkin Administration
Jacob Fenston | https://twitter.com/JacobFenston
Former Trump Environmental Protection Agency boss Andrew Wheeler will be joining the Youngkin administration after all, even though Democratic lawmakers blocked his confirmation as secretary of natural and historic resources last month. Wheeler will serve as a senior advisor to the governor, a Youngkin spokesperson confirmed.
Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, oversaw a massive rollback of environmental protections while running the EPA under President Trump. His nomination in Virginia outraged Democrats, environmentalists, and former EPA employees, who said his work in the Trump administration disqualified him for the job. ... Youngkin spokesperson Macaulay Porter declined to offer any specifics about what Wheelers duties will include in the senior advisor role.
Its unusual for lawmakers in Virginia to block gubernatorial cabinet appointees in fact its only happened once before, in 2006, when Gov. Tim Kaines choice for secretary of the commonwealth was voted down by Republicans. In 2010, Gov. Bob McDonnell decided to withdraw his pick for secretary of commerce, Bob Sledd, in the face of opposition from Democrats. In that case, McDonnell made Sledd a senior economic advisor instead setting a precedent that Youngkin appears to be following.
Working at the EPA, Wheeler weakened vehicle emissions standards and clean power regulations, and rolled back clean water protections. He also downplayed the seriousness of climate change, saying that any danger from global warming was 50 to 75 years out, and less urgent than other priorities.
More that 150 former EPA employees wrote to Virginia lawmakers, urging them not to confirm Wheeler. As you consider Mr. Wheelers record, there should be little doubt that he will bring his extremist approach and polluter favoritism to Virginia, they wrote. His playbook will be the same, putting at greater risk the health and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth and the environment in which they reside.
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Andrew Wheeler Gets New Job In Youngkin Administration
Jacob Fenston | https://twitter.com/JacobFenston
Former Trump Environmental Protection Agency boss Andrew Wheeler will be joining the Youngkin administration after all, even though Democratic lawmakers blocked his confirmation as secretary of natural and historic resources last month. Wheeler will serve as a senior advisor to the governor, a Youngkin spokesperson confirmed.
Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, oversaw a massive rollback of environmental protections while running the EPA under President Trump. His nomination in Virginia outraged Democrats, environmentalists, and former EPA employees, who said his work in the Trump administration disqualified him for the job. ... Youngkin spokesperson Macaulay Porter declined to offer any specifics about what Wheelers duties will include in the senior advisor role.
Its unusual for lawmakers in Virginia to block gubernatorial cabinet appointees in fact its only happened once before, in 2006, when Gov. Tim Kaines choice for secretary of the commonwealth was voted down by Republicans. In 2010, Gov. Bob McDonnell decided to withdraw his pick for secretary of commerce, Bob Sledd, in the face of opposition from Democrats. In that case, McDonnell made Sledd a senior economic advisor instead setting a precedent that Youngkin appears to be following.
Working at the EPA, Wheeler weakened vehicle emissions standards and clean power regulations, and rolled back clean water protections. He also downplayed the seriousness of climate change, saying that any danger from global warming was 50 to 75 years out, and less urgent than other priorities.
More that 150 former EPA employees wrote to Virginia lawmakers, urging them not to confirm Wheeler. As you consider Mr. Wheelers record, there should be little doubt that he will bring his extremist approach and polluter favoritism to Virginia, they wrote. His playbook will be the same, putting at greater risk the health and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth and the environment in which they reside.
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Former Trump EPA boss and coal lobbyist Andrew Wheeler Gets New Job In Youngkin Administration (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2022
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PortTack
(32,809 posts)1. Virginia...have you had enough yet? Please throw this guy to the curb after one term!
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,664 posts)2. I can guarantee that Youngkin will not run again in 2025.*
* For which there is a good reason.
Casady1
(2,133 posts)3. this is the wrong title he is EDA
Environmental destruction agency.
calimary
(81,527 posts)4. Oh great ...
Boy the voters sure got rolled by Youngkin. He talked a good game and they fell for it.
Discouraging as hell!
Too many voters forget. And forgive too quickly. And THEY go WAY too easy on the damned GOP.
When it comes to Republicans, I am the elephant. I never forget. Or ease up on holding grudges. I know Im supposed to be forgiving. But when it involves a GOPer, I have a lot of trouble getting there.