The EPA will host the official portrait unveiling Friday of former chief Scott Pruitt, who resigned in 2018 amid controversy over his spending, treatment of staff, ties to lobbyists and one very expensive phone booth.
"We all know coal mining is on its way to being extinct," Cheryl Johnson said. "The alternative is to look for more solar and less pollution. It should be available to everybody. It's just a right."
Wheeler’s lobbying ties have come under increasing scrutiny now that he has taken the helm of the Environmental Protection Agency, even as he complies with federal rules.
The Interior secretary and the energy company's chairman met in his office and over dinner last year for a discussion that included a Montana real estate project.
