Hi all, as mentioned on the 9:05 call, we just released a column on 5 Ways Wheeler is Dirtying Our Water—with the number one reason being his terrible cuts to clean water funding in EPA’s FY2020 budget request. Given that Wheeler is testifying on the budget in the House Energy and Commerce Committee at 10 am this morning, would love any help folks can offer in amplifying this before and during today’s hearing!

Huge h/t to CDP and NRDC/NPCA for their excellent number-crunching on the EPA budget. Thanks in advance for amplification support!

Suggested tweets (and please feel free to add hashtags like #ActOnClimate, #DirtyBudget and #DirtyWaterRule

General

TODAY at 10 am: @EPAAWheeler testifies in @EnergyCommerce on @EPA's FY2020 #DirtyBudget request. Wheeler claims that access to clean water is the top environmental issue--but his proposed cut of 39% to clean water programs tells a different story. More: https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=468441
.@EPAAWheeler says that the #1 environmental issue is access to clean water. But his actions tell a completely different story--starting with his budget request that slashes 39% for clean water funding. More: https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=468441

Budget/ Dirty Water Rule:

.@EPAAWheeler is trying to get away with a 39% cut for clean water in Trump's #DirtyBudget. And that's not the only thing he's doing to harm Americans' access to clean, safe water: https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=468441
First, it was @EPAAWheeler's #DirtyWaterRule, which slashes protections for 51% of wetlands across the country. Now, Wheeler is trying to get away with a 39% cut for clean water in Trump's #DirtyBudget. Wheeler is bad for clean water: https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=468441

Climate:

Last week, @EPAAWheeler went to Miami, FL to sign off on a loan for water infrastructure--and he refused to mention climate change. More on how Wheeler is bad for clean water, including ignoring climate change impacts on water resources: https://www.americanprogress.org/?p=468441 #ActOnClimate

Sally Hardin

Research Analyst, Energy and Environment War Room

Center for American Progress

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