US Senate confirms nomination of Wheeler to lead EPA

The US Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination of Andrew Wheeler as the US Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator by a 52-47 vote on Feb. 27. Trump nominated Wheeler earlier this year.

Nick Snow

Feb. 28, 2019

Wheeler has been EPA’s acting administrator since July 5, 2018, following E. Scott Pruitt’s resignation. The Senate confirmed him earlier in 2018 as the federal environmental regulatory agency’s acting administrator.

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Nick Snow

NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.