"EPA: Calif. Air Regulator Fires Back At Wheeler"

"California's top air regulator accused EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler of twisting facts for political purposes in a letter sent yesterday.

The letter and two others released today — one from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and another from 600 former EPA employees — take aim at the agency's recent actions regarding the Golden State.

Mary Nichols, chairwoman of the California Air Resources Board, wrote in her sharply worded letter to Wheeler that the EPA chief had made "many inaccuracies and misleading statements" about California's air quality.

'CARB was established years before U.S. EPA came into existence,' she wrote."

Maxine Joselow reports for Greenwire October 10, 2019.

SEE ALSO:

"Hundreds Of Former EPA Officials Call For House Probe, Say Agency's Focus On California Is Politicized" (The Hill)

"Trump Feud With California Warrants U.S. Congress Probe: Hundreds Of Ex-EPA Employees" (Reuters)

"600 Former EPA Officials Demand Investigation Into Trump Administration Over California Threats" (Los Angeles Times)