Wheeler Makes 'Risk Communication' Top Priority, Reaches Out To Staff

Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has pledged to make “risk communication” his top priority at EPA, during an address in which he also sought to assuage staff traumatized by the tenure of Scott Pruitt and embraced key Pruitt agenda items, including his Superfund cleanup priority list and greater permitting and enforcement “certainty.” Wheeler announcements came during a July 11 address to EPA employees and assembled press, during which he promised to minimize the stress of a transition for EPA staff...