'Not the greatest crisis': Trump's EPA pick downplays climate threat

[NeoConsSuck]

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s new pick to run the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers on Wednesday he does not believe climate change is a major crisis, and would continue to undo Obama-era emission limits if confirmed.

Trump nominated EPA Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler last week to run the agency permanently, seeking a strong advocate for his pro-fossil fuels agenda - a choice that cheered business interests and drawn scorn from environmentalists.

“I would not call it the greatest crisis,” Wheeler said at his confirmation hearing when asked if he believed the increasingly urgent warnings from scientists about the threats from global warming.

Democratic lawmakers focused on Wheeler’s record at EPA, his past lobbying work for energy companies, and his stance on global warming - casting him as a pro-business extremist not fit to run the nation’s top environmental regulator.



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-epa-wheeler/not-the-greatest-crisis-trumps-epa-pick-downplays-climate-threat-idUSKCN1PA1GC

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2020 CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGH!!

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

1. On it'll go until one party or the other utterly dies.

Not us.

[NurseJackie]

2. It would have been fantastic to hear Franken questioning this SOB.

[dhill926]

3. end of life as know it...

is SO overrated....

[BigmanPigman]

5. Can I feel any angrier at this admin? NO!!!!!!!!!

I don't even have kids and am sick over this BS from the GOP and their love of $$$ over all else. I care, why don't they? Oh yeah, they're sociopaths so that is their MO.

[Doodley]

4. When is Trump or any of his deniers going to be asked to provide scientific evidence to

support their claims? Probably never.

[PSPS]

8. They don't really believe what they say. They just don't care and would rather get the money now.

[Maxheader]

6. Another denier...another castrated, spineless winger..

[Aussie105]

7. Sure!

Climate change is so over rated!

Besides, there's a quick fix available when coastal towns get flooded, weather patterns get even more unpredictable and large parts of the globe become unsuitable for human habitation, right?

Or is this just kicking the can down the road, not our problem, today is too inconvenient, someone else can deal with it sometime in the future?

[BlueWI]

9. Total cluelessness.

Vote no, filibuster, limit the damages.

[riversedge]

10. damn damn damn the Trump Adm.

[JudyM]

11. This should disqualify him, in a reasonable political system. Which we so do not have.