Today, Daily Kos Communications Director Carolyn Fiddler announced the delivery of over 250,000 petition signatures to the U.S. Senate calling on lawmakers to reject the appointment of coal industry lobbyist Andrew Wheeler as head of the Environmental Protection Agency. Climate Hawks Vote, CREDO Action, Sierra Club, the California League of Conservation Voters, Corporate Accountability, Rootstrikers, and 350.org joined forces to amass support for the petition. Wheeler’s confirmation vote is likely to occur this week.
“Putting Wheeler in charge of the EPA is the equivalent of giving the fox a bib as you invite him into the henhouse,” said Fiddler. “Wheeler has a demonstrated history of fighting against common-sense rules that protect Americans from toxins in the air and deadly chemicals in the workplace. The Trump-Wheeler environmental deregulation agenda not only robs us of safe air and water, but it also steals hope for a future free of climate change’s deadly effects from our children.”
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