Former President Donald Trump's policies helped improve the environment, his former Environmental Protection Agency administrator said over the weekend.
"All the environmental indicators under President Trump improved. Our air today is seven percent cleaner than it was when President Trump took office. Our water quality is highest it's ever been. On the Superfund side, we got more sites cleaned up in a generation," Andrew Wheeler, who headed the agency, told The Epoch Times at CPAC 21 in Florida.
Some studies have pointed to an improvement in the environment during the Trump administration.
On the other hand, Trump critics argued his rollback of regulations have or would lead to damage to the environment.
Wheeler said regulations and rollbacks the Trump administration put forth were commonsense proposals like a replacement for the Obama administration's clear power plan, which was struck down by the Supreme Court.
Wheeler told The Epoch Times that critics don't want to give the Trump administration credit for what it accomplished on the environment, "Because they don't want to see a Republican having a good environmental record, and we had an incredible environmental record under President Trump's watch."
Trump withdrew the United States from the international agreement in 2017, arguing the deal imposed too many restrictions and some of the parties weren't adhering to it.
Monday, March 1, 2021
Environment Improved Under Trump Administration: Former EPA Head
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