Trump’s New EPA Chief Says He Won’t Make The Same Mistakes Obama Did In Flint
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Andrew Wheeler criticized the Obama administration’s handling of Flint’s lead water problems and promised Wednesday he is going to avoid making the same mistakes.
“Part of the problem with Flint was there was a breakdown in once they got the data, once the city of Flint, the state of Michigan, the Obama EPA – they sat on it,” Wheeler told CBS News in an exclusive interview.
Scott Pruitt made similar remarks during his short stint as President Donald Trump’s EPA head, telling reporters in 2017 that former President Barack Obama’s environmental record was miserable in Flint, Michigan.
“Well, he left us with more Superfund sites than when he came in,” Pruitt said at the time. “He had Gold King [the 2015 mine wastewater spill] and Flint, Michigan [drinking water crisis]. He tried to regulate CO2 twice and flunked twice. Struck out. So what’s so great about that record? I don’t know.” Wheeler, who was confirmed in February, is taking a note out of his predecessor’s playbook.
“We’re not doing that. As soon as we get information that there’s a problem, we’re stepping in, we’re helping the local community get that water system cleaned up,” he told CBS News’ Major Garrett.
Wheeler also insisted that his EPA will focus on making sure children have ready access to clean drinking water — he noted in the interview thousands of children die globally every year due to unsanitary water.
Flint’s so-called water crisis became a political flashpoint during Obama’s second term after reports surfaced claiming the city’s drinking water was contaminated with unstable amounts of lead.
The EPA’s top official for the region resigned after news came out that her office knew about the lead problem for months but ignored red flags.
Read more at Daily Caller
Source: https://climatechangedispatch.com/epa-head-wheeler-flint-obama/
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