"Nearly all of the criticisms of the rule are the same: that the rule would somehow weaken the science informing EPA's actions. This claim is a strange one and repeated by people who have not read the rule," Mr. Wheeler said at a virtual forum sponsored by the free market Competitive Enterprise Institute.
Andrew Wheeler, EPA secret science rule ripped for attempting to ding Biden
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"As far as trying to explain this to the public, it is very difficult to break through at times with the media, particularly when you have environmental activists masquerading as environmental reporters at a number of outlets, where they have an agenda, and the agenda is not to present the truth at times," Mr. Wheeler said. "So it has been hard to break through and explain to the American public what we're doing."
Andrew Wheeler, EPA chief, rips 'activists masquerading as environmental reporters' for 'agenda'
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