Climate-Denying Coal Lobbyist Has One Democrat On His Side
  • 6 years ago

Senate EPW Andrew Wheeler, President Donald Trump’s pick for the Environmental Protection Agency’s No. 2 job, has secured at least one Democrat’s support ahead of his planned Senate confirmation vote next week. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), one of just two Democrats who voted for embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt last year, told HuffPost she plans to approve the former coal lobbyist, who rejects the science behind climate change. “After meeting with Mr.
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