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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin works in the old Governor's office at the Capitol Wednesday March 2, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Legislature OKs all Youngkin cabinet members but Wheeler

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

Former EPA administrator Andrew Wheeler, who has been nominated by Gov. Youngkin to be the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources, testifies before the Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources at the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia Senate rejects former Trump official from serving in Youngkin’s Cabinet

By Sarah Rankin - Associated Press

In this Sept. 14, 2020, photo, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks, during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

Andrew Wheeler, EPA chief, rips ‘activists masquerading as environmental reporters’ for ‘agenda’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler's signing of the so-called secret science rule drew fierce backlash from Democrats and environmentalists who say it would limit the agency's access to research, compromise privacy and threaten current regulations. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)

Andrew Wheeler, EPA secret science rule ripped for attempting to ding Biden

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Zug Island, a heavily industrialized island at the southern city limits of Detroit is seen, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, in Detroit. The area in Southwest Detroit has been the subject of numerous air pollution and public health studies. The area has a refinery, a coal-fired power plant, steel mills and other industrial sites. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Minority communities question election-year push by EPA

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

Andrew Wheeler pushes Pueblo, Colorado Smelter superfund site cleanup over climate change

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Trump Cabinet members look to reassure battleground voters

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

In this Aug. 23, 2018, file photo, a coal-fired plant in Winfield, W.Va, is seen from an apartment complex in the town of Poca across the Kanawha River. The Trump administration is gutting an Obama-era rule that compelled coal plants to cut back emissions of mercury and other human health hazards, limiting future regulation of air pollutants by petroleum and coal plants. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

EPA guts rule credited with cleaning up coal-plant toxic air

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2017 file photo, a lone woman walks the trail along Lake Michigan at Chicago' North Avenue beach. Additional funds provided by Congress for Great Lakes environmental improvements will be used to quicken cleanups of highly toxic sites and step up work on other longstanding forms of pollution, federal officials said Thursday, April, 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Great Lakes get extra funds for cleanups, invasive species

By JOHN FLESHER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump shakes hands after signing the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) executive order, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017, in the Roosevelt Room in the White House in Washington, which directs the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, which expands the number of waterways that are federally protected under the Clean Water Act. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Trump administration replaces Obama-era Waters of U.S. rule by limiting federal role

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Ernst laughs at Trump refinery quips, says she’ll watch EPA

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Environmental Protection Agency administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks about President Donald Trump's decision to revoke California's authority to set auto mileage standards stricter than those issued by federal regulators, at EPA headquarters in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump team distortions on fuel economy rules

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and TOM KRISHER - Associated Press

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler speaks at a news conference to announce plans to revoke the Waters of the United States rule, an Obama-era regulation that provided federal protection to many U.S. wetlands and streams, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

The Latest: EPA revokes water protection regulation

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Environmental Protection Agency director Andrew Wheeler speaks about the release of the final report of the national Superfund Task Force, Monday, Sept. 9, 2019, at Southside Community Park in Chattanooga, Tenn (Erin O. Smith/Chattanooga Times Free Press via AP)

EPA to scale back use of animals to test chemical toxicity

By RICHARD LARDNER - Associated Press

EPA reverses approval for poison traps used by ranchers

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