A report released Monday by a former fossil fuel executive and supported by the former head of the Australian military said there isa « high likelihood »…
A report released Monday by a former fossil fuel executive and supported by the former head of the Australian military said there isa « high likelihood » human civilization would come « to an end by 2050 » because of climate catastrophe. But on the same day, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Andrew Wheeler, admonished the media for focusing too much on climate change.
« We need to fix this perception, and we need the help of the press, » said Wheeler at the National Press Club. « The public needs to know how far we’ve come, as a nation, protecting the environment. »
Wheeler then explained that since the agency’s establishment in the 1970s, pollution and carbon emissions have fallen significantly. He read off statistics about there being less carbon emissions, a remediation of waterways and less air pollution than before.
« The media does a disservice to the American public, and sound policymaking, by not informing the public of the progress this nation has made, » he said.
Wheeler, whowas previously a lobbyist for large energy companies, has used this overall decrease in pollution to justify his recent rollbacks of environmental policy.
