{"id":555,"date":"2022-03-02T20:58:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valcv26.wpenginepowered.com\/newsroom\/with-wheeler-nomination-dead-its-time-for-youngkin-to-make-a-serious-pick-for-natural-resources\/"},"modified":"2022-03-02T20:58:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T20:58:25","slug":"with-wheeler-nomination-dead-its-time-for-youngkin-to-make-a-serious-pick-for-natural-resources","status":"publish","type":"valcv_release","link":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/newsroom\/with-wheeler-nomination-dead-its-time-for-youngkin-to-make-a-serious-pick-for-natural-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Con la nominaci\u00f3n de Wheeler muerta, es hora de que Youngkin haga una selecci\u00f3n seria para Recursos Naturales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>RICHMOND<\/strong> \u2013 Today, the House of Delegates voted 96-0 to confirm Governor Youngkin\u2019s Cabinet nominees, passing a resolution that excluded Andrew Wheeler, Youngkin\u2019s extreme choice for Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A former coal lobbyist and head of the Environmental Protection Agency under Former President Trump, Wheeler was an immediate lightening rod, drawing intense criticism, opposition, and pushback. This is the first time since the Kaine Administration that the legislature has declined to approve a Governor\u2019s full cabinet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">En respuesta a la votaci\u00f3n de hoy, <strong>Michael Town, director ejecutivo de la Virginia League of Conservation Voters<\/strong>, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was clear from the start that Andrew Wheeler was not a pragmatic pick to lead Virginia\u2019s environmental agencies. His record of working for corporate polluters and undermining environmental laws time after time made him unfit for this post, and we are glad the legislature, too, came to this conclusion. With this nomination fight behind us, we look to Governor Youngkin to find a suitable replacement \u2013 someone who will listen to science, prioritize environmental protection, help us meet our Bay cleanup goals, and leave the air, water and open spaces of the Commonwealth cleaner than how they found them.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RICHMOND \u2013 Today, the House of Delegates voted 96-0 to confirm Governor Youngkin\u2019s Cabinet nominees, passing a resolution that excluded Andrew Wheeler, Youngkin\u2019s extreme choice for Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. A former coal lobbyist and head of the Environmental Protection Agency under Former President Trump, Wheeler was an immediate lightening rod, drawing intense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-555","valcv_release","type-valcv_release","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/valcv_release"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/valcv_release\/555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valcv.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}