{"id":4420,"date":"2018-11-16T09:28:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T14:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-on-wheeler-nomination-trump-is-turning-the-epa-into-the-polluter-protection-agency\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:04","slug":"merkley-on-wheeler-nomination-trump-is-turning-the-epa-into-the-polluter-protection-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-on-wheeler-nomination-trump-is-turning-the-epa-into-the-polluter-protection-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley sobre la nominaci\u00f3n de Wheeler: Trump est\u00e1 convirtiendo a la EPA en la &#039;Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n contra Contaminantes&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left;\">WASHINGTON, DC - El Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley, un<b> <\/b>miembro del Comit\u00e9 de Obras P\u00fablicas y Medio Ambiente del Senado, emiti\u00f3 la siguiente declaraci\u00f3n despu\u00e9s de que el presidente Trump nominara formalmente a Andrew Wheeler para dirigir la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental (EPA):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cEsta es una noticia devastadora para el aire limpio y el agua limpia en todo Estados Unidos. Si no estaba claro antes, ciertamente lo est\u00e1 ahora: el presidente Trump est\u00e1 empe\u00f1ado en convertir la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n Ambiental en la Agencia de Protecci\u00f3n contra Contaminantes. Un cabildero del carb\u00f3n no tiene por qu\u00e9 estar cerca de la EPA, y mucho menos liderarla. Olv\u00eddese de drenar el pantano: el presidente Trump est\u00e1 ayudando a que el pantano alcance un nuevo nivel m\u00e1ximo en la capital de nuestra naci\u00f3n\u201d.<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley,&nbsp;a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee,&nbsp;&nbsp;released the following statement after President Trump formally nominated Andrew Wheeler to head the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): &nbsp; &ldquo;This is devastating news for clean air and clean water across America. 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