Ewire: Obama EPA alumni slam Wheeler’s California attacks

Former top officials in the Obama EPA are underscoring states’ criticism of Administrator Andrew Wheeler’s recent attacks on California’s air and water protection record, arguing the moves are a politically motivated attack on the state rather than a sincere effort to reduce pollution. Wheeler’s attacks on the state come in the form of two letters: one that threatened to withhold federal highway funds and other tough sanctions because the state has dozens of incomplete implementation plans for air quality standards,...